Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Polybian studies, c. 1975-2000 -- I GENERAL SURVEY -- II POLYBIUS' VIEWS ON THE CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF HISTORY: METHODOLOGY AND ASPECTS OF COMPOSITION -- III POLYBIUS AND ROME -- IV CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY -- V THE TRANSMISSION AND INFLUENCE OF POLYBIUS SINCE ANTIQUITY -- Historical and geographical papers -- 2 The geography of Polybius -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- 3 Egypt in Polybius -- I POLYBIUS' SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE -- II THE EGYPTIANS -- III THE PTOLEMIES -- IV FORTUNE AND EGYPT -- 4 The surrender of the Egyptian rebels in the Nile delta (Polyb. xxii.17.I-7) -- I -- II -- III -- 5 Two Hellenistic processions: a matter of self-definition -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 6 Polybius and Macedonia -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 7 Sea-power and the Antigonids -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- 8 H TOmegaN OLambdaOmegaN ELambdaPiISigma and the Antigonids -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 9 Hellenes and Achaeans: 'Greek Nationality' revisited -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- 10 The Achaean assemblies -- I -- II -- III -- Polybius as a historian -- 11 Timaeus' views on the past -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 12 Polybius and the past -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 13 The idea of decline in Polybius -- I INTRODUCTION -- II THE SCOPE OF THE HISTORIES -- III SOME PASSAGE IN POLYBIUS RELEVANT TO THE IDEA OF DECLINE -- IV POLYBIUS' POLITICAL THEORY -- V THE IDEA OF DECLINE IN POLYBIUS' POLITICAL THEORY -- VI TWO MISCELLANEOUS POINTS -- VII LINGUISTIC PROBLEMS IN POLYBIUS' THEORY OF DECLINE -- VIII SUMMARY -- 14 Polybius' perception of the one and the many -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 15 Profit or amusement: some thoughts on the motives of Hellenistic historians.

I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- Polybius on Rome -- 16 Supernatural paraphernalia in Polybius' Histories -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 17 'Treason' and Roman domination: two case-studies, Polybius and Josephus -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- 18 A Greek looks at Rome: Polybius VI revisited -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- Transmission of Polybius -- 19 Polybius, Mr Dryden, and the Glorious Revolution -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- 20 Polybius through the eyes of Gaetano De Sanctis -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- I GENERAL -- II AUTHORS AND PASSAGES -- III INSCRIPTIONS, COINS AND PAPYRI -- IV GREEK WORDS.