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Polybius

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Po·lyb·i·us  (p-lb-s) 200?-118? b.c.
Greek historian. Only five books of his 40-volume history of Rome are extant.

Polybius [pəʊˈlɪbɪəs]
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(Biographies / Polybius (?205 bc-?123 bc) M, Greek, HISTORY: 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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Martial put me much in mind of Archilochus - and Titus Livius was positively Polybius and none other.
 
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