Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

By |2018-04-25T08:57:46-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

Snow in Athens (thanks BBC!) Polybius (po-LIB-ee-us) was a rich Greek man, who was born in the Greek city of Athens, about 200 BC. When the Romans conquered his city-state, they demanded some hostages from that [...]