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Polybius
[ puh-lib-ee-uhs ]
noun
- c205–c123 b.c., Greek historian.
Polybius
/ pəʊˈlɪbɪəs /
noun
- Polybius?205 bc?123 bcMGreekHISTORY: historian ?205–?123 bc , Greek historian. Under the patronage of Scipio the Younger, he wrote in 40 books a history of Rome from 264 bc to 146 bc
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Third, they forget that any good thing taken too far becomes its opposite, as Polybius teaches us.
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Then follows a criticism of the division of the earth into six zones, as taught by Poseidonius and Polybius.
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The pretended circumnavigation of Africa by Eudoxus is referred to, as well as some geographical errors of Polybius.
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Polybius says, that with respect to those places we ought chiefly to depend upon Artemidorus.
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Even after the battle of Zama, Polybius could still call her the richest town in the world.
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Polybius compares one of them, for his luxury, with the king of the fabulous Phaces.
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