Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic world : essays and reflections /

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This volume contains nineteen of the more important of Frank Walbank's recent essays on Polybius and is prefaced by a critical discussion of the main aspects of work done on that author during the last quarter of a century. Several of these essays deal with specific historical problems for whic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walbank, F. W. (Frank William), 1909-2008
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Polybius.
Polybius
510-30 B.C
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Hellenism > Historiography.
Histoire ancienne > Historiographie.
Hellénisme > Historiographie.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Hellenism > Historiography
Historiography
History, Ancient > Historiography
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C. > Historiography.
Rome > Histoire > 510-30 av. J.-C. (République) > Historiographie.
Rome (Empire)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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