Polybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World Essays and Reflections [Paperback]

Contains nineteen important essays by Professor F. W. Walbank, the recognized authority on Polybius.This volume contains nineteen important essays related to the Greek historian Polybius by Professor F. W. Walbank, the recognised authority on that author. They deal with Polybius as a historian, with his views on Rome and with many historical topics for which he is the principal source. A new and substantial introduction provides a critical account of work done on Polybius during the last twenty-five years. The book will be of special importance to students of Republican Rome and the Hellenistic world and also to anyone interested in historiography.This volume contains nineteen important essays related to the Greek historian Polybius by Professor F. W. Walbank, the recognised authority on that author. They deal with Polybius as a historian, with his views on Rome and with many historical topics for which he is the principal source. A new and substantial introduction provides a critical account of work done on Polybius during the last twenty-five years. The book will be of special importance to students of Republican Rome and the Hellenistic world and also to anyone interested in historiography.This volume contains nineteen important essays related to the Greek historian Polybius by Professor F.W. Walbank, the recognized authority on the subject. The essays deal with Polybius as a historian, with his views on Rome and with many historical topics for which he is the principal source. A substantial introduction provides a critical account of work done on Polybius during the last twenty-five years. The book will be of special importance to students of Republican Rome and the Hellenistic world and also to anyone interested in historiography.Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Polybian studies, c. 19752000; Part I. Historical and Geographical Papers: 2. The geography of Polybius; 3. Egypt in Polybius; 4. The surrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delã2