Polybius’ Histories

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Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.

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instanceOf ancient Greek historical work ⓘ
historiographical work ⓘ
multi-volume work ⓘ
aim to explain how and why Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean world ⓘ
author Polybius ⓘ
booksSurvivingCompletely 5 ⓘ
Books 1–5 ⓘ
containsAnalysisOf Achaean League ⓘ
Carthaginian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Carthaginian state

Hellenistic monarchies ⓘ
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian kingdom

Roman diplomacy ⓘ
Roman military system ⓘ
Roman mixed constitution ⓘ
coversEvent First Punic War ⓘ
Roman conquest of Greece ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
Third Punic War ⓘ
destruction of Carthage ⓘ
destruction of Corinth ⓘ
evaluatesFigure Achaean statesmen ⓘ
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Barca

Philip V of Macedon ⓘ
Scipio Africanus ⓘ
surface form: Scipio Africanus the Elder
genre historiography ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered 264–146 BCE ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenced Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ
early modern political thought ⓘ
later Roman historiography ⓘ
keyConcept symploke (interconnectedness of events) ⓘ
tyche (fortune) in history ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject Roman expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ
rise of Rome ⓘ
methodologicalFeature autopsy (personal observation) ⓘ
comparison of sources ⓘ
critical use of eyewitness testimony ⓘ
political and institutional analysis ⓘ
pragmatic history ⓘ
narrativePerspective contemporary observer of events ⓘ
originalNumberOfBooks 40 ⓘ
placeOfComposition Greece ⓘ
Roman world ⓘ
preservationForm Byzantine excerpts ⓘ
medieval manuscripts ⓘ
scholarlyReputation major source for Hellenistic and early Roman imperial history ⓘ
survivalStatus partially preserved ⓘ
timeOfComposition 2nd century BCE ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Polybius’s Histories
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