The Histories - 9780674996588

In his history, Polybius (c. 200-118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthage, and its eventual domination of the Greek world.

• | By (Author): Polybius
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 624 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674996585
• | ISBN-13: 9780674996588