Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic world essays and reflections
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y
Cambridge University Press
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| Collection: | Netlibrary - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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.