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Polybius
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Polybius (204–122 BC). Greek historian, author of forty books, most of which have not survived, dealing mostly with contemporary times, from 220 to 146 BC. After the Roman conquest of Greece, Polybius was taken to Rome for seventeen years as a distinguished prisoner, where he became acquainted with leading public figures, such as the younger Scipio Africanus. Thought to be among the most reliable of
classical commentators, Polybius speaks of Celtic mercenaries called the
gaesatae.
Bibliography
See Histories, trans. W. R. Paton , Loeb Classical Library (6 vols., New York, 1922–7).
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories, by Craige B. Champion...328 pp. $49.95 US (cloth). Polybius, Greek statesman and Roman captive...of the Mediterranean world inspire Polybius to write the first "universal history...
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Polybius on fertility control in ancient Greece. (excerpt from 'Polybius: The Histories, vol. 6')
Magazine article from: Population and Development Review; 12/1/1997; 700+ words
; ...voluminous historiographic writings of Polybius (born in the late third century BC...s ascendancy in the Mediterranean), Polybius illustrates this point by contrasting...of his time due to a low birth rate. Polybius's explanation for fertility control...
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The army of the Roman republic; the second century BC, Polybius and the camps at Numantia, Spain.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 516 words
; 9781842172414 The army of the Roman republic; the second century BC, Polybius and the camps at Numantia, Spain. Dobson, Michael. Oxbow Books 2008 436 pages $80.00 Hardcover U35 Adolf Schulten's early...
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HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW!(historians view of Hannibal of ancient Carthage)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; POLYBIUS The ancients tell us that Hannibal was a strong and resourceful...Second Punic War) comes from the works of two ancient writers -- Polybius and Livy. Polybius (pronounced po LIB ee us) was born in Achaea, Greece, in 200...
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Pompeii: the last day: one August afternoon, a mountain's rumblings caught the people of Pompeii by surprise. What would you do if a volcano erupted, and you had nowhere to run?.(World History Play)(Play)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 1/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...10 o'clock that morning ... Julius Polybius: How are you feeling, Julia? Julia...Father. I couldn't sleep a wink. Polybius: Well, that's natural--you're...Excuse me, sir. You wanted to see me? Polybius: Yes. I'm running for office, so...
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PROFESSOR FRANK WALBANK
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...on the Greek politician and historian Polybius, who composed his history of Rome around...three-volume Historical Commentary on Polybius - a project launched in 1944 and completed...Walbank also published the monograph Polybius (1972), and many of his 350-odd...
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On whose side is history? (capitalism versus communism)
Magazine article from: National Review; 8/23/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...Greeks--Herodotus, Xenophon, and Polybius. They were excellent narrators, consummate...meaning. On the sole occasion on which Polybius came fairly close to raising that question...definite and meaningful answer. Not so for Polybius. In relating the Roman conquest of Greece...
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The twin towers of Anselm Kiefer and the trope of imperial decline.(Briefly Noted)(Report)
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...maritime empire in the Mediterranean. Polybius, the historian who accompanied Scipio...will be pronounced on my own country" (Polybius 437). The Roman general's "dread...awareness of the "mutability of Fate" (Polybius 437). According to Appian, another...
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Roamin' ruins: a museum film takes visitors through an ancient villa from Pompeii.
Magazine article from: Computer Graphics World; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...One August day in 79 AD, Gains Julius Polybius, a mover and shaker in Roman society...rest of the resort city of Pompeii. The Polybius house, and the town, lay silent for...visitors to "tour" the dwelling. Julius Polybius's house was chosen in part because...
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Hannibal rising: a U.S. archaeologist is tracing the Alpine route taken by the legendary general Hannibal.(EARTH)
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication; 4/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to The Histories, by the Greek writer Polybius (circa 200-circa 118 B.C.E.). Though Polybius described how Hannibal led his men and...green Po River valley in northern Italy. Polybius wrote that just such a vista greeted Hannibal...
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Polybius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Polybius , 203? BC-c.120 BC, Greek historian...also under the Scipios' patronage that Polybius undertook his universal history, one...there are generous fragments. It was Polybius' chief aim to trace for his contemporaries...
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ADFGX Cipher
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...aid of a computer. Greek historian Polybius (fl.c. 200 b.c.) introduced what became known as the Polybius square, a 5 x 5 grid that used the...Over the centuries that followed, the Polybius square made possible a system of taps...
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Polybios
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Michael Moore, The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius (1965). Frank William Walbank's...volume work, A Historical Commentary on Polybius (2 vols., 1957-1967), is a scholarly...The Spartan Ancestral Constitution in Polybius." Also useful is Kurt von Fritz, The...
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Cycles
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...further developed by the Greek historian Polybius (c. 203 – c. 120 b.c...cycles ( anacyclosis ). According to Polybius, six forms of government devolve in...then repeat. The Early Modern Period Polybius's ideas were revived in the Renaissance...
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Pytheas of Massalia
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...uninhabitable torrid and frigid zones. Polybius was altogether hostile to it, and Strabo...and Antiphanes. According to Strabo, Polybius said that even Dicaearchus of Messina...reference to Pytheas ’ work. Polybius ’ attitude may have been part...
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