The Histories of Polybius - Volume 1

The Histories of Greek-born Roman historian Polybius (c.200118 BCE) are reissued here in two volumes. Comprising the complete Books 1 to 5 the near complete Book 6 and fragments of Books 7 to 9 Volume 1 covers inter alia an assessment of Rome''s enemies (notably Egypt and Greece) the Peloponnesian War the beginnings of the First and Second Punic Wars the battles of Ticinus and Trebia the harmonious society of Rome and a discussion of historical method that prioritises objectivity. Undertaken by the classicist Evelyn Shuckburgh (18431906) this first complete English translation (utilising F. Hultsch''s 186772 Greek text) was published in 1889. A tutor and later librarian at Emmanuel College Cambridge Shuckburgh produced school editions of Sophocles and Suetonius as well as short histories on the classical world. This highly readable translation has remained a fascinating historical account of the second and third centuries BCE.