Polybius and his world : essays in memory of F.W. Walbank /

'Polybius and his World' honours Walbank's achievements by bringing together scholars in Hellenistic historiography and history. It re-examines a number of central Polybian themes Polybius' position between Greece and Rome, his account of the Roman constitution and the relationsh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gibson, Bruce John (Editor ), Harrison, Thomas, 1969- (Editor ), Walbank, F. W. (Frank William), 1909-2008
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Polybius > Criticism and interpretation.
Walbank, F. W. > (Frank William), > 1909-2008.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Hellenism > Historiography.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Greece > History > 146 B.C.-323 A.D. > Historiography.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C. > Historiography.
Rome > Histoire > 510-30 av. J.-C. (République)
Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welcome to the Liverpool conference / F.W. Walbank
  • Introduction: F.W. Walbank, Polybius and the decline of Greece / Bruce Gibson and Thomas Harrison
  • "A piece of work which would occupy some years--": Oxford University Press Archive files 814152, 814173, 814011 / John Henderson
  • Polybius, Phylarchus and "tragic history": a reconsideration / John Marincola
  • Polybius, Aratus and the history of the 140th Olympiad / Andrew Meadows
  • Some misunderstandings of Polybius in Livy / John Briscoe
  • Polybius' Roman prokataskeuē / Hans Beck
  • Historiographic patterns and historical obstacles in Polybius' Histories: Marcellus, Flaminius, and the Mamertine crisis / Craige Champion
  • Polybius and Xenophon: the Mercenary War / Bruce Gibson
  • Youthfulness in Polybius: the case of Philip V of Macedon / Brian McGing
  • Frank Walbank's Philippos Tragoidoumenos: Polybius' account of Philip's last years / Boris Dreyer
  • Polybius in context: the political dimension of the Histories / John Thornton
  • How to rule the world: Polybius book 6 reconsidered / Andrew Erskine
  • Polybius' distortions of the Roman constitution: a simpl(istic) explanation / Robin Seager
  • Polybius and Josephus on Rome / Erich S. Gruen
  • The rise and fall of the Boeotians: Polybius 20.4-7 as a literary topos / Christel Muller
  • Zeno of Rhodes and the Rhodian view of the past / Hans-Ulrich Wiemer
  • The mighty and the sage: Scipio Aemilianus, Polybius and the quest for friendship in second century Rome / Michael Sommer
  • Mediterranean economies through the text of Polybius / J.K. Davies
  • Imagining the Imperial Mediterranean / Josephine Crawley Quinn
  • Growing up with Polybius: a daughter's memoir / Mitzi Walbank.

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