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Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History

Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History

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Series: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire, Book 6

Ancient History GeneralGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 9004426116
ISBN13: 9789004426115
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Published: Mar 19 2020
Pages: 180
Language: English
The Greek historian Polybius (2nd century B.C.E.) produced an authoritative history of Rome's rise to dominance in the Mediterranean that was explicitly designed to convey valuable lessons to future generations. But throughout this history, Polybius repeatedly emphasizes the incomparable value of first-hand, practical experience. In Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History, Daniel Walker Moore shows how Polybius integrates these two apparently competing concepts in a way that affects not just his educational philosophy but the construction of his historical narrative. The manner in which figures such as Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, or even the Romans as a whole learn and develop over the course of Polybius' narrative becomes a critical factor in Rome's ultimate success.

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