The Histories of the second-century B.C. author Polybius chronicles one of the most exciting, and important, developments in the ancient world-the transformation of Rome from an Italian peninsular state into the first, and only, pan-Mediterranean super-power there has ever been. This volume provides an accessible introduction to this great work, of which forty books survive (of which only the first five are preserved in full) covering the period 264-146 B.C. INDICE: Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Contents and Organization of the Work; 2: The Historian's Task; 3: Art and History: the Narrative of Books 4 and 5; 4: The Historian as Homeric Hero; 5: The PoliticalTheorizing of Book 6: Epilogue Into the Future: the Influence of Polybius' Work in; Later Times; Maps; Appendix: Outline of the Work; Bibliography of WorksCited; List of Prominent Persons; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-531032-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 286
- Fecha Publicación: 22/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés