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Polybius (/pəˈlɪbiəs/; Ancient Greek: Πολύβιος, Polýbios; c. 200 – c. 118 BC) was an ancient Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his Histories, a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covers the period 264–146, recording in detail events in Italy, Iberia…
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| Polybius | Born | c. 200 BC Megalopolis, Arcadia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Polybius | Died | c. 118 BC (aged approx. 82) Roman Greece | 1.00 | infobox |
| Polybius | Main interests | History, philosophy of history | 1.00 | infobox |
| Polybius | Notable ideas | Anacyclosis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Polybius | Notable works | The Histories (events of the Roman Republic, 220–146 BC) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Polybius | Occupation | Historian | 1.00 | infobox |
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