Πολύβιος

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Πολύβιος (Polybius) was a 2nd-century BCE ancient Greek historian best known for his work "The Histories," which analyzed the rise of the Roman Republic and its domination of the Mediterranean world.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Polybius 4
Livy 1
Πολύβιος canonical 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek historian ⓘ
historiographer ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
accompanied Scipio Aemilianus in military campaigns ⓘ
associatedWith Scipionic Circle ⓘ
birthDate c. 200 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Megalopolis ⓘ
birthPolity Achaean League ⓘ
birthRegion Arcadia ⓘ
citizenship Achaean League ⓘ
deathDate c. 118 BCE ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
eyewitnessTo Roman campaigns in Greece ⓘ
destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE ⓘ
father Lycortas ⓘ
fatherOccupation Achaean statesman ⓘ
focusPolity Roman Republic ⓘ
focusRegion Mediterranean world ⓘ
friendOf Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
genre universal history ⓘ
historicalMethod critical use of sources ⓘ
emphasis on eyewitness testimony ⓘ
focus on causation in history ⓘ
use of autopsy (personal inspection of sites) ⓘ
historicalReputation major source for Hellenistic and early Roman history ⓘ
hostagePeriod from 167 BCE ⓘ
influenced Cicero ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ
early modern theories of separation of powers ⓘ
knownFor The Histories ⓘ
analysis of the rise of the Roman Republic ⓘ
concept of mixed constitution ⓘ
theory of anacyclosis (cycle of constitutions) ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainWorkBooksPartiallyPreserved books 6–18 in fragments and excerpts ⓘ
mainWorkBooksPlanned 40 ⓘ
mainWorkBooksSurviving 5 complete books ⓘ
mainWorkGreekTitle Ἱστορίαι ⓘ
linked to: Histories
mainWorkSubject Roman domination of the Mediterranean ⓘ
rise of Roman power ⓘ
mainWorkTimeSpan 264–146 BCE ⓘ
mainWorkTitle The Histories ⓘ
nameInLatin Polybius ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
military analyst ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Achaean League aristocracy ⓘ
politicalTheoryConcept anacyclosis ⓘ
mixed constitution balancing monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy ⓘ
roleInAchaeanLeague hostage negotiator and diplomat ⓘ
wasHostageIn Rome ⓘ
workPeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polybius → nameInGreek → Πολύβιος ⓘ
Barqid family → source → Polybius ⓘ
linked to: Πολύβιος
Battle of Pydna (168 BC) → recordedBy → Livy ⓘ
linked to: Πολύβιος
Gaius Popillius Laenas → sourceMention → Polybius ⓘ
linked to: Πολύβιος
Siege of Agrigentum → primarySource → Polybius ⓘ
linked to: Πολύβιος
Mamertines of Messana → sourceMentionedIn → Polybius ⓘ
linked to: Πολύβιος