Polybius And His Legacy

Author : Nikos Miltsios,Melina Tamiolaki
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110584844

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Polybius and His Legacy by Nikos Miltsios,Melina Tamiolaki Pdf

Although scholars continue to address old questions about Polybius, it is clear that they are also turning their attention to aspects of his history that have been inadequately dealt with in the past or have even gone largely unnoticed. Polybius' history is increasingly treated not just as a source of valuable information on the impressive expansion of Roman rule in the Mediterranean world, but also as a complex and nuanced narrative with its own interests and purposes. Moreover, since (apart from Livy's use of Polybius, which has been thoroughly discussed) most studies of Polybius' reception focus on the modern world, especially in relation to the theory of mixed constitutions, finding out more about Polybius' impact on ancient Greek and Roman authors remains a major desideratum. This volume brings together contributions which, in either posing new questions or reformulating old ones, attest both to the ardent scholarly interest currently directed toward Polybius and to the variety of hermeneutical issues raised by his work. Subjects discussed include Polybius' historical ideas, his methods of composition, his views on the role of the historian, his representation of cultural difference, his intertextual affinities, and his reception and influence. Taken together, the papers in this collection attempt to promote a deeper understanding of the qualities and peculiarities of Polybius' history, as well as to offer fresh insights into the interpretation of this important work.

Author : Polybius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:HXJUPB

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The Histories of Polybius by Polybius Pdf

Author : Polybius
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547395201

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Histories by Polybius Pdf

The Histories is a multi-volume work written by Polybius who was taken as a hostage to Rome after the Roman defeat of the Achaean League, and there he began to write an account of the rise of Rome to a world power. Polybius' Histories begin in the year 264 BC and end in 146 BC. He is primarily concerned with the 53 years in which Ancient Rome became a dominant world power. This period, from 220–167 BC, saw Rome subjugate Carthage and gain control over Hellenistic Greece. Volume I of the Histories contains the first nine Books. Books I through V cover the affairs of important states at the time (Ptolemaic Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, Macedon) and deal extensively with the First and Second Punic Wars. In Book VI he describes the Roman Constitution and outlines the powers of the consuls, Senate and People. He concludes that the success of the Roman state was based on their mixed constitution, which combined elements of a democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.

Author : Daniel Moore
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004426122

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Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History by Daniel Moore Pdf

The Greek historian Polybius (2nd century B.C.E.) produced an authoritative history of Rome’s rise to dominance in the Mediterranean that was explicitly designed to convey valuable lessons to future generations. But throughout this history, Polybius repeatedly emphasizes the incomparable value of first-hand, practical experience. In Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History, Daniel Walker Moore shows how Polybius integrates these two apparently competing concepts in a way that affects not just his educational philosophy but the construction of his historical narrative. The manner in which figures such as Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, or even the Romans as a whole learn and develop over the course of Polybius’ narrative becomes a critical factor in Rome’s ultimate success.

Author : Emma Nicholson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780192866769

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Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories by Emma Nicholson Pdf

Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories offers a historiographical and literary study of Polybius' portrait of Philip V, aiming to advance our knowledge of both the historian and his subject. It takes a chronological and thematic approach, exploring how Polybius' political, historiographical, and didactic aims impact the king's depiction.

Author : Titus Livius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600096024

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The Hannibalian war, part of the 21st and 22nd books of Livy, adapted by G.C. Macaulay by Titus Livius Pdf

Author : Nikos Miltsios
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111239538

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Leadership and Leaders in Polybius by Nikos Miltsios Pdf

The issue of leadership is crucial to Polybius’ desire to explain the rise of Rome over almost the entire known world and provide benefit and utility to readers who may have to assume positions of responsibility. This book focuses on descriptions of leadership behaviors in the Histories, aiming to identify regularly recurring patterns, motifs, and themes in the relevant passages, which could, precisely because of their persistence, heighten our sensitivity to the subtleties of Polybius’ treatment of the subject. Given that the interest in leadership permeates Polybius’ work and engages with his main thematic concerns, this study brings the reader face-to-face with questions of power and control, identity and nationality, the role of fortune, narrative strategies, thereby providing a basis for reading the Histories more generally. At the same time, a major concern throughout the book is with the ways Polybius’ representation of leadership seems to have been influenced by literary depictions of the conquests of Alexander the Great. Polybius’ interplay with his literary context and tradition deepens our understanding of what he is trying to accomplish in the narrative and how he is interacting with the expectations of his audiences.

Author : Andromache Karanika,Vassiliki Panoussi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351243391

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Emotional Trauma in Greece and Rome by Andromache Karanika,Vassiliki Panoussi Pdf

This volume examines emotional trauma in the ancient world, focusing on literary texts from different genres (epic, theatre, lyric poetry, philosophy, historiography) and archaeological evidence. The material covered spans geographically from Greece and Rome to Judaea, with a chronological range from about 8th c. bce to 1st c. ce. The collection is organized according to broad themes to showcase the wide range of possibilities that trauma theory offers as a theoretical framework for a new analysis of ancient sources. It also demonstrates the various ways in which ancient texts illuminate contemporary problems and debates in trauma studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004445086

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Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography by Anonim Pdf

Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography contains 11 articles on how the Ancient Roman historians used, and manipulated, the past. Key themes include the impact of autocracy, the nature of intertextuality, and the frontiers between history and other genres.

Author : Mario Baumann,Vasileios Liotsakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111320908

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Digressions in Classical Historiography by Mario Baumann,Vasileios Liotsakis Pdf

Although digressive discourse constitutes a key feature of Greco-Roman historiography, we possess no collective volume on the matter. The chapters of this book fill this gap by offering an overall view of the use of digressions in Greco-Roman historical prose from its beginning in the 5th century BCE up to the Imperial Era. Ancient historiographers traditionally took as digressions the cases in which they interrupted their focused chronological narration. Such cases include lengthy geographical descriptions, prolepses or analepses, and authorial comments. Ancient historiographers rarely deign to interrupt their narration's main storyline with excursuses which are flagrantly disconnected from it. Instead, they often "coat" their digressions with distinctive patterns of their own thinking, thus rendering them ideological and thematic milestones within an entire work. Furthermore, digressions may constitute pivotal points in the very structure of ancient historical narratives, while ancient historians also use excursuses to establish a dialogue with their readers and to activate them in various ways. All these aspects of digressions in Greco-Roman historiography are studied in detail in the chapters of this volume.

Author : Bruce Gibson,Thomas Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199608409

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Polybius and His World by Bruce Gibson,Thomas Harrison Pdf

Polybius and his World honours F. W. Walbank's achievement by bringing together a number of leading scholars in the fields of Hellenistic historiography and history.

Author : Polybius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1698
Category : Greece
ISBN : OSU:32435031287170

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The History of Polybius, the Megalopolitan by Polybius Pdf

Author : A. B. Bosworth
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191518423

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The Legacy of Alexander by A. B. Bosworth Pdf

This major study by a leading expert is dedicated to the thirty years after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. It deals with the emergence of the Successor monarchies and examines the factors which brought success and failure. Some of the central themes are the struggle for pre-eminence after Alexander's death, the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest, and the foundation of Seleucus' monarchy. Bosworth also examines the statesman and historian Hieronymus of Cardia, concentrating on his treatment of widow burning in India and nomadism in Arabia. Another highlight is the first full analysis of the epic struggle between Antigonus and Eumenes (318-316), one of the most important and decisive campaigns of the ancient world.

Author : Polybius
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547754121

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The Histories of Polybius by Polybius Pdf

The Histories is a multi-volume work written by Polybius who was taken as a hostage to Rome after the Roman defeat of the Achaean League, and there he began to write an account of the rise of Rome to a world power. Polybius' Histories begin in the year 264 BC and end in 146 BC. He is primarily concerned with the 53 years in which Ancient Rome became a dominant world power. This period, from 220–167 BC, saw Rome subjugate Carthage and gain control over Hellenistic Greece. Volume I of the Histories contains the first nine Books. Books I through V cover the affairs of important states at the time (Ptolemaic Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, Macedon) and deal extensively with the First and Second Punic Wars. In Book VI he describes the Roman Constitution and outlines the powers of the consuls, Senate and People. He concludes that the success of the Roman state was based on their mixed constitution, which combined elements of a democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004682702

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Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia by Anonim Pdf

Plundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of famous ancient spoliations, like that of the Greeks after Plataea or the Romans after the capture of Jerusalem, reveal a fascinating paradox: while the material record shows an eager incorporation of new objects, the texts display abhorrence of the negative effects they were thought to bring along. As this volume demonstrates, both reactions testify to the crucial innovative impact objects from abroad may have.