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    Polybius' Histories (Greek: Ἱστορίαι Historíai) were originally written in 40 volumes, only the first five of which are extant in their entirety. The...
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    vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, 1882–1904. Polybius (1922–1927). Polybius: The Histories. The Loeb Classical Library (in Ancient Greek, English...
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    was the convention before. According to Polybius' Histories, the device was invented by Cleoxenus and Democleitus, and further developed by Polybius himself...
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  • history Histories (Herodotus), by Herodotus The Histories, by Timaeus The Histories (Polybius), by Polybius Histories by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)...
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    Polybius is a fictitious 1981 arcade game from an urban legend. The legend describes the game as part of a government-run crowdsourced psychology experiment...
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    of his History, Polybius describes this device as a bridge 1.2 m (4 ft) wide and 10.9 m (36 ft) long, with a small parapet on both sides. The engine was...
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  • keep an open mind on the subject; but Strabo, Polybius, and Ptolemy doubted the description. Egyptologist A. B. Lloyd suggests that the Greeks at this time...
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    (Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine) (in English) Polybius (The Histories (Polybius)) Diodorus...
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    Hydraulic telegraph (category History of telecommunications)
    contemporary description of the ancient telegraphic method was provided by Polybius. In The Histories, Polybius wrote: Aeneas, the author of the work on strategy...
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    During the course of its history, Ancient Egypt was invaded or conquered by a number of foreign powers, including the Hyksos, the Nubians, the Assyrians...
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  • was of Celtic origin Polybius. Histories. IV 46.; also see article The Histories (Polybius) Rankin, David (1996). Celts and the Classical World. p. 188...
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    preserve the solar boat. The construction enabled viewing the boat from three different levels. On the ground floor, one could view the bottom of the boat...
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  • Thalassocracy (category History of colonialism)
    John Linton Myres termed "the List of Thalassocracies".: 87–88  The list was in the Chronicon, a work of universal history of Eusebius, an early 4th century...
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    Ships of ancient Rome (category Maritime history)
    OCLC 900200567. ​​​​ Murray, William M. (2019). "The Ship Classes of the Egadi Rams and Polybius' Account of the First Punic War". Society for Classical Studies...
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    Murray, Philip de Souza, H. T. Wallinga "Ancient Navies" The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History. Ed. John B. Hattendorf. Oxford University Press, 2007...
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    Rhaetian people (category History of Vorarlberg)
    Cassius Roman History (ca. 130 AD) Livy Ab urbe condita (ca. 20 AD) Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia (ca. 70 AD) Polybius The Histories (Polybius) (ca. 160...
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    into "the plains which are near the Po" according to Polybius. Hannibal then focused on, according to Polybius, "[the] best means of reviving the spirits...
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    Ostia Antica (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
    towards the end of the Roman Empire section of the 1981 comedy film History of the World, Part I, where the main characters board a galleon (bearing the El...
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  • vision in the Histories of Polybius, University of California Press, 1995, ISBN 0-520-08520-5, p. 177 Polybius Histories "Polybius on the Mercenaries...
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    Insubres (category History of Lombardy)
    Polybius, The Histories, 2.19-20 Polybius, The Histories, 2.19-20 Polybius, The Histories, 2.21.-9 Polybius, The Histories, 2.22-27 Polybius, The Histories...
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    his wife. Justinus. Philippic Histories. Polybius. Histories. Polybius. Histories. This all happened in Cyzicus after the peace with King Prusias. v t...
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    described in the 3rd-century Chinese history, the Weilüe. Barygaza (Bharuch) Trade with the Indian harbour of Barygaza is described extensively in the Periplus...
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    keep an open mind on the subject, but Strabo, Polybius, and Ptolemy doubted the description. Egyptologist A. B. Lloyd suggests that the Greeks at this time...
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  • located at the mouth of the Wadi Araba, a major communication corridor between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, crossing the Eastern Desert. The site is...
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    that the acquisition of wealth was not to be desired, Pliny notes that a Roman man should by honorable means acquire a large fortune and Polybius draws...
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  • Llamasoft announced a game called Polybius for the PlayStation 4 with support for the PlayStation VR. Polybius was added on the PlayStation store on Tuesday...
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    Spice trade (category History of international trade)
    Translocations in the Indian Ocean" (PDF). In Chandra, Satish; Prabha Ray, Himanshu (eds.). The Sea, Identity and History: From the Bay of Bengal to the South China...
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    German) Diodorus of Sicily: History [1] Appian: Roman History. Biblioteca Clásica Gredos 84 (in Spanish). Polybius: Histories. Biblioteca Clásica Gredos...
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    Philippine jade culture (category Cultural history of the Philippines)
    the Maritime Silk Road. Throughout its history, the Maritime Jade Road was fully independent from the Maritime Silk Road. In its productive history of...
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    Maritime Silk Road (category Eurasian history)
    The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is the maritime section of the historic Silk Road that connected China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent...
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