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ISBN/UID: 9780674996595
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 14 November 2011
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The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome,...
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631 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674996595
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 14 November 2011
Description
The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome,...