Robin Waterfield is an author and translator. His many acclaimed translations for OWC include Plato's Republic and five other Plato translations, Plutarch, Herodotus, Aristotle, Xenophon and Euripides. Brian McGing has written articles on the Hellenistic period and recently completed a book on Polybius. He is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin.
Here is the first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius' Histories , the major source for our knowledge of the Eternal City's early rise to power, covering the years of the Second Punic War, the defeat of Hannibal, and Rome's pivotal victories in the Mediterranean. Polybius, himself a leading Greek politician of the time, attributes Rome's success to the greatness of its constitution and the character of its people, but also allows Fortune a role in shaping world events. This new translation by Robin Waterfield includes the first five books in their entirety, and all of the fragmentary Books 6 and 12. Brian McGing's lucid introduction discusses the period covered by the Histories , Polybius' major role in the reconstruction of Greece after the defeat of the Achaean League, the themes and subject matter of the individual books, Polybius' outspoken views on how (and how not), and his significance for historiography. The book also includes succinct, clear notes, maps, a glossary, and an index of proper names.
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The first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius' Histories , the major source for our knowledge of Rome's rise to world power and her method of rule in the years 220-146 BC, including the Second Punic War, the defeat of Hannibal and Rome's victories in the Mediterranean.
Includes the only five books to survive in their entirety, plus all the fragmentary Books 6 and 12, an account of the Roman constitution and an analysis of how to write history (and how not to write it).
Robin Waterfield's fresh translation makes Polybius accessible to a new generation of readers and students.
Brian McGing's lucid introduction discusses the period covered by the Histories , Polybius' major role in the reconstruction of Greece after the defeat of the Achaean League, the themes and subject matter of the individual books, and Polybius' historical theory and method and significance for historiography.
Includes succinct, clear notes, maps, glossary, index of proper names.
混合政体,让罗马跳出了政体蜕变的历史循环。 什么是政体蜕变的历史循环呢?原来,波里比阿为了解释混合政体的优势,创造出了一种政体循环理论。简单来说,就是政体的产生和更替不是随机性、偶然性的,而是遵循一个闭合的循环规律。 那我们就来看看这个循环规律是怎么回事。波...
评分原始史料: 阿庇安罗马史 罗马帝国的崛起 (节译本????说好的希腊化呢) 外族名将传 希腊罗马名人传 李维罗马史 (有关汉尼拔的描写没有中译文,哪位大神可以翻译个全本出来吗????) 哈利卡那索斯的狄...
评分波里比阿的《通史》是一部当时的《全球通史》。 按照作者的设定,《通史》的起点是第140个奥林匹亚年(220-216BC),在这四年内,世界上同时发生了三场战争:罗马与迦太基的战争,希腊的同盟战争,以及安提阿与托勒密的战争。这三场战争把亚洲、欧洲和非洲都卷了进去...
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评分发现和另外一本搞错了……
评分发现和另外一本搞错了……
评分这本整体看来还是翻译得很谨慎【有极个别的地方把什么philos symmachos之类的混起来有点无奈】。只收了前六卷和十二卷部分残篇,残篇不大全。主要是Walbank实在是太好用了所以相比别的几本oxford,实用性不够高吧。。。
评分the most trustworthy Polybius.
评分the most trustworthy Polybius.
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