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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historical work
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historiographical work ⓘ multi-volume work ⓘ |
| aim | to explain how and why Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean world ⓘ |
| author | Polybius ⓘ |
| booksSurvivingCompletely |
5
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Books 1–5 ⓘ |
| containsAnalysisOf |
Achaean League
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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
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Roman conquest of Greece ⓘ Second Punic War ⓘ Third Punic War ⓘ destruction of Carthage ⓘ destruction of Corinth ⓘ |
| evaluatesFigure |
Achaean statesmen
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Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibal Barca
Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Scipio Africanus ⓘ
surface form:
Scipio Africanus the Elder
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| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
264–146 BCE
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Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
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early modern political thought ⓘ later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
symploke (interconnectedness of events)
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tyche (fortune) in history ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Roman expansion in the Mediterranean
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rise of Rome ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
autopsy (personal observation)
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comparison of sources ⓘ critical use of eyewitness testimony ⓘ political and institutional analysis ⓘ pragmatic history ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | contemporary observer of events ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfBooks | 40 ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Greece
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Roman world ⓘ |
| preservationForm |
Byzantine excerpts
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medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| scholarlyReputation | major source for Hellenistic and early Roman imperial history ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hannibal