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Polybius' Histories / Brian McGing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGing, B. C.
- Series:
- Oxford approaches to classical literature.
- Oxford approaches to classical literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polybius. Historiae.
- Polybius.
- Polybius--Criticism and interpretation.
- Polybius--Influence.
- History, Ancient--Historiography.
- History, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 270 p. : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Histories of the second-century B.C. author Polybius chronicles one of the most exciting, and important, developments in the ancient world-the transformation of Rome from an Italian peninsular state into the first, and only, pan-Mediterranean super-power there has ever been. This volume provides an accessible introduction to this great work, written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full) covering the period 264-146 B.C.
- Contents:
- Contents and organization of the work
- The historian's task
- Art and history: the narrative of books 4 and 5
- The historian as Homeric hero
- The political theorizing of book 6
- Epilogue: Into the future
- Appendix: Outline of the work
- Prominent persons.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988590-7
- 1-282-50102-X
- 9786612501029
- 0-19-971867-9
- OCLC:
- 550608802
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