Polybius (Sather Classical Lectures)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 7, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780520069817
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient Rome - History; History - General History; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Literature: Classics; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Rome
First sentence: In the middle of the second century B.C., when Polybius set out to describe the rise of Rome to world power, the writing of history had already been practised for three centuries as a discipline with its own aims and methods, and a well defined area of study.