Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_documents
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Polybius
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:Edward_Gibbon
gptkb:Arnold_J._Toynbee |
| gptkbp:contains |
analysis of Roman constitution
account of Hannibal's campaigns account of the destruction of Carthage account of the destruction of Corinth description of Carthage |
| gptkbp:coversPeriod |
264 BCE to 146 BCE
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
2nd century BCE
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| gptkbp:dedicatedTo |
gptkb:Scipio_Aemilianus
|
| gptkbp:firstBook |
gptkb:First_Punic_War
|
| gptkbp:firstPublished |
15th century
|
| gptkbp:genre |
history
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Histories by Polybius
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Livy
gptkb:Machiavelli gptkb:Montesquieu |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Thucydides
Hellenistic historiography |
| gptkbp:lastBookCovers |
gptkb:Destruction_of_Carthage_and_Corinth
|
| gptkbp:locationOfComposition |
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Rome |
| gptkbp:lostBooks |
35
|
| gptkbp:mainTheme |
causes of Rome's rise to power
interconnectedness of Mediterranean world role of fortune and character in history |
| gptkbp:method |
empirical research
autopsy (personal observation) critical evaluation of sources |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
eyewitness accounts
universal history approach analysis of mixed constitution analysis of checks and balances in Roman government cycle of constitutions (anacyclosis) description of Roman military system |
| gptkbp:numberOfBooks |
40
|
| gptkbp:originalLanguage |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
|
| gptkbp:preservedIn |
Byzantine manuscripts
excerpts by later authors |
| gptkbp:subject |
Punic Wars
Mediterranean history rise of the Roman Republic |
| gptkbp:survivingWorks |
5
|
| gptkbp:translatedInto |
gptkb:French
gptkb:German gptkb:Latin English |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:theory_of_anacyclosis
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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