Project Gutenberg 2013-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 1102 Polybius Polybios Πολύβιος Hultsch, Fridericus (Friedrich Otto) 1833 1906 Hultsch, Friedrich Otto Hultsch, F. (Friedrich Otto) Shuckburgh, Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) 1843 1906 Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, E. S. (Evelyn Shirley) The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) Produced by Delphine Lettau, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Polybius is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work offers an extensive examination of the rise of the Roman Republic and its interactions with various Greek states during a tumultuous period in history. The author, Polybius, provides insights into political and military strategies, as well as the implications of the Roman conquest for Greece and its city-states. The opening of this volume serves as a preface to Polybius's endeavor of documenting the events that shaped the Mediterranean world. He emphasizes the importance of firsthand experience and investigation in historical writing, asserting that his observations provide a more valuable perspective than secondhand accounts. The text highlights Polybius's background as someone deeply involved in politics and warfare, lending credibility to his narrative. He begins to set the stage for an exploration of the sociopolitical dynamics between Rome and the Greek states, ultimately illustrating the complexities faced during their entwined histories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44125/44125-h/images/cover.jpg en History, Ancient D Text Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 1737584 1737573 2024-09-18T13:13:33.623920 2023-09-19T08:56:35.823034 text/html text/html 1763355 2013-11-08T14:37:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 724336 2013-11-08T14:37:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 756252 2024-09-18T13:13:52.696833 application/epub+zip 780321 2024-09-18T13:13:36.239926 application/epub+zip 709755 2024-09-18T13:13:34.846930 application/epub+zip 1227861 2024-09-18T13:14:04.599808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1143903 2024-09-18T13:13:51.328870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1074123 2022-09-20T06:56:43.068255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1543357 2024-09-18T13:13:31.028969 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1543273 2013-11-08T14:37:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 555094 2013-11-08T14:37:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18853 2024-09-18T13:14:04.766761 application/rdf+xml 25691 2024-09-18T13:13:35.060903 image/jpeg 2925 2024-09-18T13:13:34.955882 image/jpeg 720922 2024-09-18T13:13:33.764921 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia