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Polybius' Histories /

Polybius' Histories is one of classical antiquity's great political narratives. Written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full), it originally set out to explain the dramatic rise of Rome in the half century from the war against Hannibal to the defeat and abolishme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGing, B. C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Oxford approaches to classical literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.