Polybius' Histories

by Brian McGing

Book Overview

Polybius' Histories is one of classical antiquity's great political narratives. Written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full), it originally set out to explain the dramatic rise of Rome in the half century from the war against Hannibal to the defeat and abolishment of the Macedonian kingdom in 167 BC. At a later stage, Polybius extended his coverage down to the Roman destruction of Carthage and Corinth in the year 146 BC...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195310330
• ISBN13: 9780195310337
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"