Polybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World
Subtitle: Essays and Reflections
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780521034944
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient World; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Rome; Ancient - General
First sentence: During the years following the end of the Second World War there was a remarkable surge of interest in Polybius, which it is hard to dissociate entirely from the contemporary clash of powers and the rise of the United States to preeminence, which were to dominate the next fifty years.