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A Roman’s Manual for Survival

Roman Empire Times 27 Nov 2025
Polybius, too, saw in history a manual for life and politics.“The knowledge of history is a very trustworthy education and training for political affairs, and the most excellent—even the ...
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Hydraulic Telegraph: World’s First Telecommunications Device Was Invented in Ancient Greece

Greek Reporter 12 Oct 2025
Hydraulic telegraph, a fourth century BC invention of the ancient Greeks (reconstruction based on descriptions by Aeneas Tacticus and Polybius) ... The description of the hydraulic telegraph was rescued by the historian Polybius in the second century BC.
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How Did the Romans Conquer Greece?

Roman Empire Times 07 Oct 2025
Greece was no prize to be claimed overnight, yet by the mid-2nd century BCE it lay under Roman rule ... Credits. Brooklyn MuseumPrelude to Conquest ... Polybius, writing a century later, saw that the summer of 217 BCE marked a turning point ... Credits ... Credits.
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Strabo: Mapping the World of Rome

Roman Empire Times 27 Sep 2025
Even when personal, the information serves a broader function — to claim autopsy, first-hand observation, the same authority used by historians like Polybius ... such as Polybius and Diodorus.
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