The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (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 (542)
- THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS
- CONTENTS
- THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS
- BOOK X
- THE HANNIBALIAN WAR—THE RECOVERY OF TARENTUM
- PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS IN SPAIN, B.C. 210-206
- PHILOPOEMEN OF MEGALOPOLIS
- PHILIP V.
- THE HANNIBALIAN WAR
- SCIPIO IN SPAIN
- AFFAIRS IN GREECE
- ANTIOCHUS IN PARTHIA, B.C. 209-5. See ch. 31.
- BOOK XI
- PHILOPOEMEN IN THE PELOPONNESE,
- ABILITY OF HANNIBAL. See Livy, 28, 12
- SCIPIO IN SPAIN, AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS
- SCIPIO ON THE EXPULSION OF THE CARTHAGINIANS FROM SPAIN IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ABOVE VICTORY
- SCIPIO’S VISIT TO SYPHAX, KING OF MASAESYLIANS. See Livy, 28, 17, 18
- A MUTINY IN SPAIN
- ANTIOCHUS IN BACTRIA. See 10, 48, 49
- BOOK XII
- CRITICISM OF TIMAEUS
- A CRITICISM ON EPHORUS AND CALLISTHENES
- GENERAL REMARKS ON TIMAEUS AS AN HISTORIAN
- BOOK XIII
- THE AETOLIANS
- PHILIP’S TREACHEROUS CONDUCT, B.C. 204
- NABIS, TYRANT OF SPARTA, B.C. 207-192
- ANTIOCHUS IN ARABIA, B.C. 205-204
- BOOK XIV
- PREFACE
- PTOLEMY PHILOPATOR, B.C. 222-205
- BOOK XV
- EGYPT
- THE DEATH OF AGATHOCLES AND HIS FAMILY
- ANTIOCHUS
- BOOK XVI
- PHILIP V. WAGES WAR WITH ATTALUS, KING OF PERGAMUM, AND THE RHODIANS.
- GREAT SEA-FIGHT OFF CHIOS BETWEEN PHILIP AND THE ALLIED FLEETS OF ATTALUS AND RHODES, B.C. 201
- THE INDECISIVE BATTLE OF CHIOS WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER OFF LADE, IN WHICH PHILIP WAS PARTLY SUCCESSFUL68
- PHILIP’S OPERATIONS IN CARIA, B.C. 201
- AFFAIRS IN GREECE
- DIGRESSION ON THE MERITS OF THE HISTORIANS ZENO AND ANTISTHENES OF RHODES
- EGYPT
- THE WAR IN COELE-SYRIA
- ITALY (LIVY, 30, 45)
- WAR BETWEEN ROME AND PHILIP V.
- THE PELOPONNESE—WAR WITH NABIS
- COELE-SYRIA
- BOOK XVIII77
- THE WAR WITH PHILIP
- THE END OF THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR
- ASIA
- ITALY
- GREECE
- ASIA
- EGYPT
- BOOK XIX
- BOOK XX
- GREECE
- BOOK XXI
- ASIA
- THE WAR WITH THE GAULS OF ASIA
- CEPHALLENIA.
- BOOK XXII
- CONTENTS
- EGYPT UNDER PTOLEMY EPIPHANES AFTER THE DEATH OF ARISTOMENES (18, 53, 54)
- A MEETING OF THE ACHAEAN LEAGUE PARLIAMENT
- BOOK XXIII
- THE FALL OF PHILOPOEMEN
- BOOK XXIV
- BOOK XXV
- BOOK XXVI
- BOOK XXVII
- THE WAR WITH PERSEUS
- BOOK XXVIII
- BOOK XXIX
- BOOK XXX
- BOOK XXXI
- BOOK XXXII
- BOOK XXXIII
- BOOK XXXIV
- GEOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS
- BOOK XXXV
- BOOK XXXVI
- THE THIRD PUNIC WAR
- BOOK XXXVII
- BOOK XXXVIII
- BOOK XXXIX
- CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY
- I.—SHORTER FRAGMENTS
- A
- I (6, 2)
- II (6, 2)
- III (6, 2)
- IV (6, 2)
- V (6, 2)
- VI (6, 2)
- (6, 1)
- (6, 1)
- VII (6, 1)
- VIII (6, 1)
- IX (10)
- X (13)
- XI (16)
- XII (23)
- XIII (25)
- XIV (29)
- XV (31)
- XVI (42)
- XVII (63)
- XVIII (64)
- XIX (66)
- XX (90)
- XXI (95)
- XXII (96)
- XXIII (102)
- (103)
- XXIV (113)
- XXV (117)
- XXVI (154)
- XXVII (156)
- XXVIII (157)
- XXIX (166)
- XXX (184)
- B
- XXXI (1)
- XXXII (2)
- XXXIII (3)
- XXXIV (5)
- XXXV (6)
- XXXVI (7)
- XXXVII (8)
- XXXVIII (11)
- XXXIX (12)
- XXXIX (14)
- XL (27)
- XLI (30)
- XLII (32)
- XLIII (34)
- XLIV (35)
- XLV (36)
- XLVI (39)
- XLVII (40)
- XLVIII (43)
- XLIX (44)
- L (46)
- LI (47)
- LII (54)
- LII (55)
- LIII (56)
- LIV (57)
- LV (61)
- LV (62)
- LVI (67)
- LVII (68)
- LVII (69)
- LVIII (72)
- LIX (73)
- LX (74)
- LXI (80)
- LXII (81)
- LXIII (85)
- LXIV (86)
- LXV (88)
- LXV (91)
- LXVI (92)
- LXVII (100)
- LXVIII (101)
- LXIX (104)
- LXX (105)
- LXXI (109)
- LXXII (110)
- LXXIII (111)
- LXXIV (112)
- LXXV (113)
- LXXVI (114)
- LXXVII (120)
- LXXVIII (122)
- LXXIX (124)
- LXXX (126)
- LXXXI (131)
- LXXXII (133)
- LXXXIII (134)
- LXXXIV (140)
- LXXXV (141)
- LXXXVI (151)
- LXXXVII (153)
- LXXXVIII (158)
- LXXXIX (159)
- XC (161)
- XCI (162)
- XCII (163)
- XCIII (164)
- XCIV (168)
- XCV (170)
- XCV (177-179)
- XCVI (182)
- XCVII (183)
- XCVIII (185)
- XCIX (191)
- C (192)
- CI (193)
- CII (195)
- CIII (195)
- CIV (199)
- II.—GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES QUOTED BY STEPHANUS AND OTHERS AS HAVING BEEN USED BY POLYBIUS
- APPENDIX I.
- APPENDIX II.
- THE KINGS OF EGYPT, SYRIA, AND MACEDONIA, TO THE END OF THE PERIOD EMBRACED IN POLYBIUS’S HISTORY
- APPENDIX III
- 1, 32-36.—XANTHIPPUS THE LACEDAEMONIAN
- 1, 34.—M. ATILIUS REGULUS
- 1, 60.—LUTATIUS
- 1, 76.—HAMILCAR
- 11, 22-23.—SCIPIO AND HASDRUBAL SON OF GESCO
- 34, 5, 10.—PYTHEAS
- 34, 10.—THE SUBTERRANEAN FISH
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
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