Length50h 21m
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The Histories is a multi-volume work written by Polybius who was taken as a hostage to Rome after the Roman defeat of the Achaean League, and there he began to write an account of the rise of Rome to a world power. Polybius' Histories begin in the year 264 BC and end in 146 BC. He is primarily concerned with the 53 years in which Ancient Rome became a dominant world power. This period, from 220–167 BC, saw Rome subjugate Carthage and gain control over Hellenistic Greece. Volume I of the Histories contains the first nine Books. Books I through V cover the affairs of important states at the time (Ptolemaic Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, Macedon) and deal extensively with the First and Second Punic Wars. In Book VI he describes the Roman Constitution and outlines the powers of the consuls, Senate and People. He concludes that the success of the Roman state was based on their mixed constitution, which combined elements of a democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.
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GenreHistory
Length50 hrs 21 mins
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Publish dateJun 3, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
28Book XX
2Volume I
29Book XXI
3Preface
30Book XXII
4Introduction
31Book XXIII
5Book I (pt. 1)
32Book XXIV
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6Book I (pt. 2)
33Book XXV
7Book II (pt. 1)
34Book XXVI
8Book II (pt. 2)
35Book XXVII
9Book III (pt. 1)
36Book XXVIII
10Book III (pt. 2)
37Book XXIX
11Book IV (pt. 1)
38Book XXX
12Book IV (pt. 2)
39Book XXXI
13Book V (pt. 1)
40Book XXXII
14Book V (pt. 2)
41Book XXXIII
15Book VI
42Book XXXIV
16Book VII
43Book XXXV
17Book VIII
44Book XXXVI
18Book IX (pt. 1)
45Book XXXVII
19Volume II
46Book XXXVIII
20Book XI
47Book XXXIX
21Book XII
48Conclusion of the History
22Book XIII
49I. Shorter Fragments
23Book XIV
50II. Geographical Names Quoted by Stephanus and Others as Having Been Used by Polybius
24Book XV
51Appendix I.
25Book XVI
52Appendix II.
26Book XVIII77
53Appendix III.
27Book XIX
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