biography. Polybius was a close friend and mentor to Scipio Africanus the Younger, and had a lasting influence on his decision making and life. Polybius was...
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Still, Polybius has enjoyed cult-like status as a throwback to a more technologically paranoid era." Ripley's Believe It or Not! called Polybius "the most...
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The Polybius square, also known as the Polybius checkerboard, is a device invented by the ancient Greeks Cleoxenus and Democleitus, and made famous by...
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up Polybius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polybius (c. 203 BC – 120 BC) was an ancient Greek historian. Polybius may also refer to: Polybius (freedman)...
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of the rise of Rome to a great power. Polybius' Histories begin in the year 264 BC and end in 146 BC (Polybius was born around 200 BC and died around...
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2016, Llamasoft announced a game called Polybius for the PlayStation 4 with support for the PlayStation VR. Polybius was added on the PlayStation store on...
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Polybius is a lunar impact crater in the southeast part of the Moon, and is named after ancient Greek historian Polybius. It is located to the south-southeast...
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Stuart Ashen (redirect from Ashens and the Polybius Heist)
created another Indiegogo campaign for the sequel titled, Ashens and the Polybius Heist. By the time funding was closed, the project earned over US$195,000...
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Polybius was a 2nd-century Christian bishop of Tralles mentioned in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch in his Epistle to the Trallians where is described...
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appreciative of his help that Polybius was allowed to walk between the consuls when on official business. When Polybius lost a brother in the early 40s...
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Polybius henslowii is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Polybius. It is a capable swimmer and feeds in open water in the north-east Atlantic...
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Phocides polybius polybius (Suriname, Guyana) Phocides polybius lilea (Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Brazil) Phocides polybius phanias...
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Hannibal, p. 135 Polybius 1.76.4–5 Polybius 1.82.5 Polybius 1.73.7 Polybius 1.84.3 Polybius 1.85.7 Polybius 1.85.6 Polybius 1.86.7 Polybius 1.87.3 Diodorus...
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Apega are mentioned in Adrienne Mayor’s “Gods and Robots”. Polybius, 13.7. The thrust of Polybius' anecdote is the extent to which the tyrannical cruelty...
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according to Polybius (3.56), but the Taurini according to both Livy (21.38) and, it seems, Polybius himself later on (see below). Polybius does not identify...
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List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects (redirect from Polybius Bank)
ICO report and plans of Polybius – Project: PolybiusBank". PolybiusBankProject. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-12-13. "Polybius : la première banque pour...
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bring not only four but eight legions into the field. — Polybius, The Histories of Polybius Rome typically employed four legions each year, each consisting...
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Sources other than Polybius are discussed by Bernard Mineo in "Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius)". Roman and Greek sources...
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Velvet crab (redirect from Polybius puber)
The velvet crab, or alternately velvet swimming crab, devil crab, “fighter crab”, or lady crab, Necora puber, is a species of crab from the North-East...
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xv Chaplin, Jane Dunbar, Livy's Exemplary History, p. 66 Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, 2 Vols., trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (London: Macmillan...
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have been an inspiration for the Polybius urban legend, due to many similarities between the game and the legend. Polybius is frequently described as a Tempest-like...
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Sources other than Polybius are discussed by Bernard Mineo in "Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius)". This could be increased...
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of Greece Polybius, 2.11. Polybius, 3.16, 3.18–19, 4.66. Polybius, 5.101. Polybius, 5.102. Polybius, 5.103–-105. Polybius, 5.103. Polybius, 5.104. According...
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1. Polybius 15.25.16-19 Polybius 16.25.20-27.3 Polybius 15.27-34 Bevan, Chapter 8. Polybius 16.21-22 Justin 30.2.8 Hölbl 2001, pp. 136–140 Polybius 16...
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supported by Polybius' assertion that Xanthippus returned to Greece rather than stopping in Lilybaeum, a more likely claim as Polybius lived closer to...
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Sources other than Polybius are discussed by Bernard Mineo in "Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius)". This could be increased...
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128 Polybius 5.67 Polybius 5.68–71 Polybius 5.79–87; Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 30.1 Raphia Decree (link to text); Polybius 5.87 Polybius 5.100...
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Antiochus IV is the Greek historian Polybius, generally considered one of the highest-quality sources on the time period. Polybius paints a negative picture of...
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'king-javelin'. The Greek historian Polybius interpreted Gaisatai as meaning 'mercenaries'. According to Polybius' account, the Boii and Insubres of Cisalpine...
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writing was common in Ancient Greece, as in the writings of the historian Polybius. Polemic again became common in medieval and early modern times. Since...
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