Keywords:
Greece, Historiography.
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Rome, Historiography.
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Rome, History, Republic, 510-30 B.C., Historiography.
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Polybius.
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Polybius, Views on Rome.
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Hellenism, Historiography.
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History, Ancient, Historiography.
Notes:
Polybian studies, c. 1975-2000 --Historical and geographical papers --Geography of Polybius --Egypt in Polybius --Surrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delta (Polybius xxii,17.1-7) --Two Hellenistic processions: a matter of self-definition --Polybius and Macedonia --Sea-power and the Antigonids --H T N HOL N ELPIS and the Antigonids --Hellenes and Achaeans: 'Greek nationality' revisited --Achaean assemblies --Polybius as a historian --Timaeus' views on the past --Polybius and the past --Idea of decline in Polybius --Polybius' perception of the one and the many --Profit or amusement: some thoughts on the motives of Hellenistic historians --Polybius on Rome --Supernatural paraphernalia in Polybius' Histories --'Treason' and Roman domination: two case-studies, Polybius and Josephus --Greek looks at Rome: Polybius VI revisited --Transmission of Polybius --Polybius, Mr Dryden, and the Glorious Revolution --Polybius through the eyes of Gaetano De Sanctis.
Pages:
xiii, 353 p.
ISBN:
0-511-06456-X
URL:
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=120258
