The early Romans were only one of a number of peoples that inhabited Iron Age central Italy. Percy is confused. This collection of fourteen essays explores the pervasive influence and dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially ... This third edition has been updated throughout and features new entries on Machiavelli, Ranajit Guha, William McNeil and Niall Ferguson. A consideration of authors and historians from fifth century BC onwards who shed light on the Greek tradition of historical writing. Found insideIn Rome, Global Dreams, and the International Origins of an Empire, Sarah Davies explores how the Roman Republic evolved, in ideological terms, into an “Empire without end.” This work stands out within imperialism studies by placing an ... Found insideThis volume provides an accessible introduction to this great work, of which forty books survive (of which only the first five are preserved in full) covering the period 264-146 B.C. "The Histories of Polybius Volume I" from Polybius. Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period (264-146B.C.). A Companion to the Punic Wars provides a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought by Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. Featuring a series of thought-provoking essays from a community of distinguished international scholars, ... Polybius and his World honours F. W. Walbank's achievement by bringing together a number of leading scholars in the fields of Hellenistic historiography and history. This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC. Applies modern ... Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Books XXXI to XLV cover the years from 201 b.c. to 167 b.c., when Rome emerged as ruler of the Mediterranean. Velleius Paterculus, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (30 BCE?37 CE), served as a military tribune in Thrace, Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor, and later, from 4 CE to 12 or 13, as a cavalry officer and legatus in Germany ... Found inside'This is a wonderful, surging narrative - a brilliant and meticulous synthesis of the ancient sources . Brian McGing's accompanying introduction and notes illuminate this remarkable political history. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. "New History" by Zosimus. Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"—Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories. An active participant of the politics of his time as well as a friend of many prominent Roman citizens, Polybius drew on many eyewitness accounts in writing this cornerstone work of history. Found inside – Page 118Polybius. Being thus driven from Troas , they then seized Arisba in the ... close this book ; and in that which follows , after a short and summary review ... Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 ... The book clearly explains and illustrates the mechanics of how Roman commanders - at every level - drew up and committed their different types of troops for open-field battles. This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. Presents over 150 sources in translation. A Companion to Livy features a collection of essays representing the most up-to-date international scholarship on the life and works of the Roman historian Livy. Found inside – Page 1This collection of essays investigates histories in the ancient world and the extent to which the producers and consumers of those histories believed them to be true. Found insideBeneath Another Sky is partly a historian's travelogue, partly a highly engaging exploration of events and personalities that have fashioned today's world - and entirely sui generis. Even with less than half of the original text surviving, the author reveals Polybius' personality and political philosophy. Found insideThis book examines the nature of human mobility, attitudes to it, and constructions of place over the last millennium BC in Rome and Italy. Carthage, 146 BC. This is the story of Fabius Petronius Secundus – Roman legionary and centurion – and of his general Scipio Aemilianus, and his rise to power: from his first battle against the Macedonians, that seals the fate of ... Found inside – Page 1Why did human beings first begin to write history? Lisa Irene Hau argues that a driving force among Greek historians was the desire to use the past to teach lessons about the present and for the future. This volume contains nineteen of the more important of Frank Walbank's essays on Polybius and is prefaced by a critical discussion of the main aspects of work done on that author. This is a book which no student of Roman history should be without. David Anthony Durham draws a brilliant and complex Hannibal out of the scant historical record–sharp, sure-footed, as nimble among rivals as on the battlefield, yet one who misses his family and longs to see his son grow to manhood. Investigates the participation of black Africans, usually referred to as "Ethiopians," by the Greek and Romans, in classical civilization, concluding that they were accepted by pagans and Christians without prejudice. This book applies modern theories of globalisation to the ancient Roman world, creating new understandings of Roman archaeology and history. In this original study informed by recent work in cultural studies and on ethnicity, Craige Champion demonstrates that Polybius's work performs a literary and political balancing act of heretofore unappreciated subtlety and interest. Analysis of their cultural and intellectual interaction, from the fourth through the first centuries B.C., reveals that the Greeks, Romans and Jews enjoyed an exclusive relationship ensuring their dominance of Western civilization. Found insideHarmonious coexistence. With remarkable unanimity, they accept Rome as the ultimate authority, but see this as neither intrinsically good nor bad."--Résumé de l'éditeur. In The Assassination of Julius Caesar, Michael Parenti recounts this period, spanning the years 100 to 33 BC, from the perspective of the Roman people. Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Chronicles Rome's policies in the Greek East, which began as self-rule so that the Empire could focus on the Carthaginian menace in the West, but later moved to more direct control several decades later. Here is the finest kind of history, sure to appeal to readers of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire: alive with grand strategy, the clash of empires, fabulous courage, and the towering figure of Hannibal Barca. Addressing central problems in the development of Roman imperialism in the 3rd and 2nd century BC, topics in this volume include the author Polybius, the characteristics of Roman power and imperial ambition, and the mechanisms used by Rome ... This volume is a collection of newly published scholarly studies honoring Prof.Dr. David. E. Aune on his 65th birthday. F. W. Walbank describes the historical traditions within which Polybius wrote as well as his concept of history. An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. This book argues that the combined literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence supports the theory that early-imperial Italy had about six million inhabitants. Combined literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence supports the theory that early-imperial Italy about. Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his palace. 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