Histories
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Histories is the major historical work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius, chronicling the rise of the Roman Republic to Mediterranean dominance in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Histories Context triple: [Polybius, workTitle, Histories]
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Histories
Histories is an ancient Greek work by Herodotus that is widely regarded as the foundational text of Western historiography, combining historical inquiry with ethnographic and geographic descriptions.
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Histories
Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by Tacitus that chronicles the turbulent period of the Roman Empire following the death of Nero.
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Histories
Histories is the principal historical work of the ancient Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenium, known for its detailed account of the Western Greek world and Sicily.
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Chronicles
Chronicles is a biblical historical book that recounts and interprets the history of Israel and Judah, focusing on their kings, temple worship, and covenant relationship with God.
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Itihasa
Itihasa is a traditional Sanskrit term for ancient Indian epic narratives that blend history, mythology, and moral teachings, exemplified by works like the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Histories Target entity description: Histories is the major historical work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius, chronicling the rise of the Roman Republic to Mediterranean dominance in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
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A.
Histories
Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by Tacitus that chronicles the turbulent period of the Roman Empire following the death of Nero.
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B.
Histories
Histories is an ancient Greek work by Herodotus that is widely regarded as the foundational text of Western historiography, combining historical inquiry with ethnographic and geographic descriptions.
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C.
Histories
Histories is the principal historical work of the ancient Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenium, known for its detailed account of the Western Greek world and Sicily.
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D.
Chronicles
Chronicles is a biblical historical book that recounts and interprets the history of Israel and Judah, focusing on their kings, temple worship, and covenant relationship with God.
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E.
Itihasa
Itihasa is a traditional Sanskrit term for ancient Indian epic narratives that blend history, mythology, and moral teachings, exemplified by works like the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient historical work
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history book ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| aim | to explain how Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean world ⓘ |
| author | Polybius ⓘ |
| booksSurvivingCompletely | Books 1–5 ⓘ |
| contains | fragments of later books ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| focusesOnEvent |
Battle of Cannae
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Battle of Zama ⓘ First Punic War ⓘ Punic Wars ⓘ Roman conquest of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms
Second Punic War ⓘ |
| focusesOnPlace |
Carthage
ⓘ
Hellenistic Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic period
Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
ⓘ
political history ⓘ |
| hasGreekTitle |
Ἱστορίαι
ⓘ
linked to:
Histories
|
| historianDescribed |
Achaean League
ⓘ
Hannibal ⓘ
linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Scipio Africanus ⓘ |
| historicalApproach | universal history ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek historiography
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Montesquieu ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ Roman historiography ⓘ modern republican theory ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Roman expansion in the Mediterranean
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rise of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
autopsy and eyewitness inquiry
ⓘ
critical use of sources ⓘ pragmatic history ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
anacyclosis
ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksPlanned | 40 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksSurvivingCompletely | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
2nd century BCE
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3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| writtenInCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
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Subject: Histories Description of subject: Histories is the major historical work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius, chronicling the rise of the Roman Republic to Mediterranean dominance in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Histories
linked to: Histories