Polybius / F. W. Walbank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walbank, F. W. (Frank William), 1909-2008, author.

Series:

Sather classical lectures ; Volume 42.

Sather Classical Lectures ; Volume 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Historiography.

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1990.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As a young man, the historian Polybius was an active politician in the Achaean Confederacy of the second century B.C., and later, during his detention at Rome, became a close friend of some leading Roman families. His History is our most important source for the momentous half-century during which the Romans weathered the war with Hannibal and became masters of the Mediterranean world. F. W. Walbank describes the historical traditions within which Polybius wrote as well as his concept of history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. The Man and his Work

II. Historical Traditions

III. 'Pragmatike historia'

IV. Some structural problems: Time and Place

V. The Sixth Book

VI. Polybius and Rome

Abbreviations and Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520342637

0520342631

OCLC:

1163878517