The Polybius creator Hultsch, Fridericus (Friedrich Otto) 1833-1906 Shuckburgh, Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) 1843-1906 text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by Polybius is a historical work originally written in 40 volumes during the 2nd century BC. This Greek historian, taken hostage to Rome after 168 BC, chronicles Rome's dramatic rise to Mediterranean dominance between 264-146 BC. Covering pivotal conflicts including the Punic Wars and Rome's conquest of Greece, Polybius analyzes the Roman Constitution's mixed government system and explores the role of fate in shaping empires. Only fragments and excerpts survive from most volumes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Histories_(Polybius) Release date is 2013-11-08 Produced by Delphine Lettau, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified History, Ancient D Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44126 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44126 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134019.0 44126