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Polybius
Polybius
200 BCE–118 BCE · Gades
Greek historian of Rome's rise to Mediterranean dominance, theorist of the mixed constitution.
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MegalopolisArcadia (Greece)
What they did here
Born c.200 BCE in the Arcadian city of Megalopolis, son of Lycortas, a leading statesman of the Achaean League; he served the League as a cavalry commander (hipparch) in 170/169 BCE.
About Megalopolis
The 'Great City' of Arcadia, founded as a federal bulwark against Sparta and birthplace of Polybius, the historian who explained to the Greeks how Rome came to rule the world.