Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index.
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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: Historical and Historiographical Contexts; PART TWO: Text and Narrative; PART THREE: Ideological and Political Contexts; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum; Index of polybian terminology.
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Polybius has provided us with the earliest continuous narrative of the rise of the Roman Empire. Champion shows how Polybius tailored his work for a number of audiences, both his fellow Greeks & the Roman conquerors, affording new insights into a work whose subtlety & complexity have gone largely unrecognised.
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JSTOR
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Title
Cultural politics in Polybius's Histories.
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0520237641
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Polybius., Historiae.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Historiae (Polybius)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civilization, Classical-- Historiography.
History, Ancient-- Historiography.
Civilization, Classical-- Historiography.
HISTORY-- Ancient-- General.
HISTORY-- Ancient.
History, Ancient-- Historiography.
Politics and government-- Historiography.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Greece, Politics and government, To 146 B.C., Historiography.
Rome, Politics and government, 265-30 B.C., Historiography.