The Histories Of Polybius Vol. I., by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, M.A

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Author

Polybius

Title

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Credits

Produced by Delphine Lettau, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

History, Ancient

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 44125

Release Date

November 8, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — I. POLYBIUS — § 2.—THE SOURCES OF POLYBIUS’S HISTORY — § 3. THE ACHAEAN LEAGUE 95 — ROMAN CAMP FOR TWO LEGIONS
5. 5.BOOK I
6. 6.BOOK II
7. 7.BOOK III
8. 8.BOOK IV
9. 9.BOOK V
10. 10.BOOK VI — PREFACE — ON THE ROMAN ARMY — THE ROMAN REPUBLIC COMPARED WITH OTHERS — RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
11. 11.BOOK VII — CAPUA AND PETELIA — HIERONYMUS OF SYRACUSE — TREATY BETWEEN HANNIBAL AND KING PHILIP V. OF MACEDON — MESSENE AND PHILIP V. IN B.C. 215 — THE WAR OF ANTIOCHUS WITH ACHAEUS
12. 12.BOOK VIII — THE NECESSITY OF CAUTION IN DEALING WITH AN ENEMY — THE SIEGE OF SYRACUSE — PHILIP TAKES LISSUS IN ILLYRIA, B.C. 213 — THE CAPTURE OF ACHAEUS AT SARDIS — THE GALLIC KING, CAUARUS — ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT AT ARMOSATA — THE HANNIBALIAN WAR—TARENTUM — FALL OF SYRACUSE, B.C. 212
13. 13.BOOK IX — EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE — THE HANNIBALIAN WAR — TARENTUM — THE SPOILS OF SYRACUSE — SPAIN — ON THE ART OF COMMANDING ARMIES — THE COMPUTATION OF THE SIZE OF CITIES — THE HANNIBALIAN WAR, B.C. 211 — THE CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL — AGRIGENTUM — GREECE — INVESTMENT OF ECHINUS BY PHILIP — ASIA — EMBASSY FROM ROME TO PTOLEMY
14. 14.FOOTNOTES:

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