The Histories of Polybius
Translated from the Text of F. Hultsch

This 1889 first full English translation of Polybius' Histories remains a fascinating source on the second and third centuries BCE.

Polybius (Author), Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (Edited and translated by)

9781108050784, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

670 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.84 kg

The Histories of Greek-born, Roman historian Polybius (c.200–118 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 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 (1843–1906), this first complete English translation (utilising F. Hultsch's 1867–72 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.

Preface
Introduction
Books I to IX.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]