Polybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World: Essays and Reflections

by Frank William Walbank

Book Overview

This volume contains nineteen of the more important of Frank Walbank's essays on Polybius and is prefaced by a critical discussion of the main aspects of work done on that author. Several of these essays deal with specific historical problems for which Polybius is a major source. Five deal with Polybius as an historian and three with his attitude towards Rome; one of these raises the question of 'treason' in relation to Polybius and Josephus. Finally,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521034949
• ISBN13: 9780521034944
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"