The history of Polybius'reception in antiquity is not unique because of his manyfold personality: Polybius as a constitutionalist was highly appreciated by Cicero, but as an historian was preferred only by Livius in front of the Roman 'annalistic' tradition; furthermore there is Polybius the tactician and Polybius the specialist in chronology: this last enjoyed a large reception in Christian chronography, while a second Polybius, freedman of emperor Claudius, never existed: he is a mere creation of Jacoby's phantasy.
Zecchini, G., Per la storia della fortuna di Polibio, in Cassia, M. (ed.), Pignora amicitiae. Studi di storia antica e di storiografia offerti a Mario Mazza, Bonanno Editore, Acireale-Roma 2012: 203- 216 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/58435]
Per la storia della fortuna di Polibio
Zecchini, Giuseppe
2012
Abstract
The history of Polybius'reception in antiquity is not unique because of his manyfold personality: Polybius as a constitutionalist was highly appreciated by Cicero, but as an historian was preferred only by Livius in front of the Roman 'annalistic' tradition; furthermore there is Polybius the tactician and Polybius the specialist in chronology: this last enjoyed a large reception in Christian chronography, while a second Polybius, freedman of emperor Claudius, never existed: he is a mere creation of Jacoby's phantasy.
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