Dec 14, 2013 · Polybius concludes the narration of the ‘Anabasis’ with these words: “This was the extreme limit of the march of Antiochus into the interior: in which he not only reduced the up …

Mar 19, 2023 · It's the translation by the Classical scholar Robin Waterfield (Robin Waterfield - Wikipedia), this is a review of his translation of Polybius (Polybius, The Histories.

Both Polybius and Livy, and others who essentially parroted them later with small variations in details, wrote about Zama after the Carthaginian holocaust of 146 BCE (which Polybius …

Aug 1, 2020 · In The Histories, Polybius records Hannibal losing over half of his troops during the alpine crossing, or about 33,000 soldiers. At the beginning of the treacherous passage, …

Jan 19, 2011 · Polybius is much less biased visited the sites of battles and even the Alps. The army at Zama was 50,000 strong and several Carthaginian armies had been deatroyed Spain …

Mar 13, 2014 · The Romans had made contact with the Carthaginians long before the conflict broke out. Polybius lists three treaties concluded between the two states, the first being made …

Feb 10, 2025 · This is from The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 7, Part 2, page 545-6: Cambridge said: Hostilities opened with successive attacks by Appius Claudius on the …

May 11, 2013 · Polybius, the ancient Greek historian, talks about this cycle of government in Book VI of The Histories. Here's a brief synopsis I borrowed from voices.yahoo.com: Monarchy …

Feb 18, 2011 · 3- Polybius never attended to this battle (he was born more than 100 years after !) 4- Only the Gesates were described as naked (and more precisely completely naked), not the …

Jan 16, 2019 · Polybius may have uncritically combined other sources with the Lacinian tablet to arrive at huge loss figures for Hannibal’s expedition through the differences (cf. Hans …