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波里比阿(PoIybius,约公元前204—122年)是公元前二世纪的希腊大史学家。他原为“希腊化时代”希腊文化的代表者,在希腊各邦中有一定的影响。当他盛年之际,地中海地区风云突变:罗马最后用武力宾服各地,建立起大一统的帝国:希腊各邦丧失了政治独立,被并入罗马帝国。波里比阿适逢其时,而且其中有些事是他自己亲身经历过的。于是,他以其深厚的学术素养和远见卓识,把这段历史时期内那些苍黄翻复的大事记载了下来。在古代希腊、罗马的历史学家
PoIybius (circa 204-12 BC) was a Greek great historian of the second century BC. He was originally a representative of Greek culture in the “Hellenistic era” and had some influence in Greek states. When he was on his grandfather’s day, the situation in the Mediterranean was suddenly changed: in the end Rome finally used armed force to serve the entire empire. The Greek states lost their political independence and were incorporated into the Roman Empire. Polibia was at its best, and some of these were his own personal experiences. Thus, with his profound academic knowledge and foresight, he recorded the events that had been dilapidated during this historical period. In ancient Greece, a Roman historian