Robin Waterfield's translationBiblio.com
The Rise of Rome Polybius First Edition 2013 Slipcase
Best.-Nr. 462982Folio Society. Hardcover. Very Good. One of the great surviving works of classical history Polybius's The Rise of Rome chronicles the extraordinary expansion that transformed Rome from an Italian power into the dominant force of the Mediterranean world. Beginning with the First Punic War Polybius follows Rome's wars with Carthage the campaigns of Hannibal and the military and political developments that ultimately established Roman supremacy. Polybius was not simply a later chronicler: as a Greek statesman brought to Rome he knew prominent Romans and had unusually close access to the political world he described. This handsome 2013 First Folio Society Edition uses Robin Waterfield's translation and includes a preface by hi Folio Society hardcover
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