Gaius Iulius Polybius
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5 total works indexed
- The Histories
· 2010 · cited 46x
- The Histories of Polybius
· 2012 · cited 2x
- Historiae, Volumen I, Libri I-III
· 1993 · cited 1x
- In Support of Strengthening the American Federal System
· 1972
- The Histories of Polybius
· 2012
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Quotes
- “In all human affairs, and especially in those that relate to war, ...leave always some room to fortune, and to accidents which cannot be foreseen.”
- “How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the sake of the security of Greece? For who is not aware that Greece would have constantly stood in the greater danger, had we not been fenced by the Macedonians and the honorable ambition of their kings?”
- “There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.”
- “For what gives my work its peculiar quality, and what is most remarkable in the present age, is this. Fortune has guided almost all the affairs of the world in one direction and has forced them to incline towards one and the same end; a historian should likewise bring before his readers under one synoptical view the operations by which she has accomplished her general purpose.”
- “We can get some idea of a whole from a part, but never knowledge or exact opinion. Special histories therefore contribute very little to the knowledge of the whole and conviction of its truth. It is only indeed by study of the interconnexion of all the particulars, their resemblances and differences, that we are enabled at least to make a general survey, and thus derive both benefit and pleasure from history.”
- “All things are subject to decay and change.”
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of death
- 0047-01-01
- praenomen
- Gaius
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- Roman Empire
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- date of birth
- 0050-00-00
- social classification
- freedman
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Gaius Iulius Polybius († 47 n. Chr.) war ein einflussreicher römischer Freigelassener unter Kaiser Claudius. Polybius wurde von Kaiser Caligula freigelassen. In der Regierungszeit des Claudius genoss er das besondere Vertrauen des Kaisers, der ihn in seinen engsten Beraterkreis aufnahm. Seine Aufgabe war es, den Kaiser zu beraten. Als Inhaber des Amtes a libellis war er zuständig für die Bittschriften an den Kaiser, die er ordnen und dem Kaiser vorlegen musste. Ferner war er der Bibliothekar und Ratgeber des Kaisers in Bildungsfragen. Umstritten ist, ob er das Amt ausübte. Möglicherweise war er auch für die Empfehlung und Einstellung der Leute zuständig, die der Kaiser für die verschiedenen Beförderungen und Ämter vorgesehen hatte. Die Beziehung zu Claudius’ Frau Messalina kostete ihn das Leben. Überliefert ist außerdem, dass Polybius mehrere Brüder sowie Sohn und Frau hatte. Polybius übersetzte Verse des Dichters Vergil in griechische Prosa.
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