The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Polybius
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The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I & II (of 2) by PolybiusPolybius’ Histories were originally written in 40 volumes, only the first five of which are extant in their entirety. The bulk of the work is passed down to us through collections of excerpts kept in libraries in Byzantium, for the most part.The arrival of texts of Polybius in the west did not begin until the 15th century AD. As an interesting footnote to Polybius’ appearance in the 15th century, there is an argument made by J. H. Hexter as to the appearance of Polybius in Machiavelli, especially the section that survives in Book 6, the ...
Chapters (353)
- THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. POLYBIUS
- § 2.—THE SOURCES OF POLYBIUS’S HISTORY
- § 3. THE ACHAEAN LEAGUE95
- ROMAN CAMP FOR TWO LEGIONS
- THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS BOOK I
- BOOK II
- BOOK III
- BOOK IV
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- PREFACE
- ON THE ROMAN ARMY
- THE ROMAN REPUBLIC COMPARED WITH OTHERS
- RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
- BOOK VII
- CAPUA AND PETELIA
- HIERONYMUS OF SYRACUSE
- TREATY BETWEEN HANNIBAL AND KING PHILIP V. OF MACEDON
- MESSENE AND PHILIP V. IN B.C. 215
- THE WAR OF ANTIOCHUS WITH ACHAEUS
- BOOK VIII
- THE NECESSITY OF CAUTION IN DEALING WITH AN ENEMY
- THE SIEGE OF SYRACUSE
- PHILIP TAKES LISSUS IN ILLYRIA, B.C. 213
- THE CAPTURE OF ACHAEUS AT SARDIS
- THE GALLIC KING, CAUARUS
- ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT AT ARMOSATA
- THE HANNIBALIAN WAR—TARENTUM
- FALL OF SYRACUSE, B.C. 212
- BOOK IX
- EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE
- THE HANNIBALIAN WAR
- TARENTUM
- THE SPOILS OF SYRACUSE
- SPAIN
- ON THE ART OF COMMANDING ARMIES
- THE COMPUTATION OF THE SIZE OF CITIES
- THE HANNIBALIAN WAR, B.C. 211
- THE CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL
- AGRIGENTUM
- GREECE
- INVESTMENT OF ECHINUS BY PHILIP
- ASIA
- EMBASSY FROM ROME TO PTOLEMY
- FOOTNOTES:
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