LEADER 02477nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910811861603321 005 20230725041540.0 010 $a0-19-988590-7 010 $a1-282-50102-X 010 $a9786612501029 010 $a0-19-971867-9 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264909 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10396910 035 $a(PQKB)10239584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497620 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10365179 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250102 035 $a(OCoLC)550608802 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4869429 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036754 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006305 100 $a20091008d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolybius' Histories /$fBrian McGing 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $axvi, 270 p. $cmaps 225 1 $aOxford approaches to classical literature 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-531033-0 311 $a0-19-531032-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents and organization of the work -- The historian's task -- Art and history: the narrative of books 4 and 5 -- The historian as Homeric hero -- The political theorizing of book 6 -- Epilogue: Into the future -- Appendix: Outline of the work -- Prominent persons. 330 $aThe Histories of the second-century B.C. author Polybius chronicles one of the most exciting, and important, developments in the ancient world-the transformation of Rome from an Italian peninsular state into the first, and only, pan-Mediterranean super-power there has ever been. This volume provides an accessible introduction to this great work, written in 40 books (of which only the first five are preserved in full) covering the period 264-146 B.C. 410 0$aOxford approaches to classical literature. 606 $aHistory, Ancient$xHistoriography 615 0$aHistory, Ancient$xHistoriography. 676 $a937/.04 700 $aMcGing$b B. C$0213073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811861603321 996 $aPolybius' Histories$9250292 997 $aUNINA