The Histories
Written in the 2nd century by the Greek historian Polybius, The Histories is a multi-volume work detailing many of the events, people, and ideas of the Hellenistic Period. While his focus is the space of time in which ancient Rome became a world power from 220 to 167 BC, Polybius also discusses his role as a 'pragmatic historian', a discourse on fate (called tyche), and the superiority of the mixed constitution. Though all forty volumes have not survived to the present day, the complete books extant today cover the affairs of all the important nations of the time, including Egypt, Greece, and Spain, as well as the first and second Punic Wars.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4209-6552-0
- EAN: 9781420965520
- Produktnummer: 33329429
- Verlag: Neeland Media LLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'998 KB
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