Project Gutenberg 2013-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 1519 Polybius Polybios Πολύβιος Hultsch, Fridericus (Friedrich Otto) 1833 1906 Hultsch, Friedrich Otto Hultsch, F. (Friedrich Otto) Shuckburgh, Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) 1843 1906 Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, E. S. (Evelyn Shirley) The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Histories_(Polybius) Produced by Delphine Lettau, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Polybius is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work offers an extensive examination of the rise of the Roman Republic and its interactions with various Greek states during a tumultuous period in history. The author, Polybius, provides insights into political and military strategies, as well as the implications of the Roman conquest for Greece and its city-states. The opening of this volume serves as a preface to Polybius's endeavor of documenting the events that shaped the Mediterranean world. He emphasizes the importance of firsthand experience and investigation in historical writing, asserting that his observations provide a more valuable perspective than secondhand accounts. The text highlights Polybius's background as someone deeply involved in politics and warfare, lending credibility to his narrative. He begins to set the stage for an exploration of the sociopolitical dynamics between Rome and the Greek states, ultimately illustrating the complexities faced during their entwined histories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44125/44125-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 57.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en History, Ancient D Text Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: History - Ancient 1737772 2025-06-17T18:25:18.181618 text/html 1763355 2013-11-08T14:37:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 756504 2025-06-17T18:25:37.730459 application/epub+zip 780243 2025-06-17T18:25:20.917561 application/epub+zip 709688 2025-06-17T18:25:19.540592 application/epub+zip 1228201 2025-06-17T18:25:49.809538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1144205 2025-06-17T18:25:36.194518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1074123 2022-09-20T06:56:43.068255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1543283 2025-06-17T18:25:15.847569 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1543273 2013-11-08T14:37:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17760 2025-06-17T18:25:49.997403 application/rdf+xml 25691 2025-06-17T18:25:19.767597 image/jpeg 2925 2025-06-17T18:25:19.655602 image/jpeg 720956 2025-06-17T18:25:18.321537 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia