Polybius
Sign in to savePolybius (; , ; ) was an ancient Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his Histories, a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covers the period 264–146, recording in detail events in Italy, Iberia, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Egypt and Africa, and documents the Punic Wars and Macedonian Wars among many others.
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Polybius was an ancient Greek historian who wrote the Histories, a comprehensive account of Rome's rise to power in the Mediterranean during the third and second centuries BC. His work, which covers the period 264–146 BC, provides detailed documentation of major events and wars across Italy, Greece, Egypt, and other regions, making it a valuable source for understanding this pivotal era.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca 200 BCE
- Died
- ca 120 BCE
- Works
- 175
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- Fragmenta dvo e sexto ...
- Pensieri sulla storia e sulla politica
- Historiae e ditionem a Ludovico Dindorfio curatam retractavit Theodorus Büttner-Wobst
- The Histories
- Polybii et Appiani historiarum excerpta vaticana ex collectaneis Constantini Porphyrogeniti
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15 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Personal experiences
- At Rome
- ''The Histories''
- Polybius's sources
- As historian
- Cryptography
- Influence
- Editions and translations
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Ancient sources
- Modern sources
- External links
Polybius (; , ; ) was an ancient Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his Histories, a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covers the period 264–146, recording in detail events in Italy, Iberia, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Egypt and Africa, and documents the Punic Wars and Macedonian Wars among many others.
Polybius's Histories is important not only for being the only Hellenistic historical work to survive in any substantial form, but also for its analysis of constitutional change and the mixed constitution. Polybius's discussion of the separation of powers in government, of checks and balances to limit power, and his introduction of "the people", all influenced Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government, and the framers of the United States Constitution.