Historians like Ephorus, Theopompus, or Aristotle's great-nephew Callisthenes, to say nothing of Xenophon, counted among the most acclaimed in antiquity. But with the exception of Xenophon, their complete works have not survived, and thus they are accessible to the modern reader…
Historians like Ephorus, Theopompus, or Aristotle's great-nephew Callisthenes, to say nothing of Xenophon, counted among the most acclaimed in antiquity. But with the exception of Xenophon, their complete works have not survived, and thus they are accessible to the modern reader…
Politico e ufficiale della Lega achea, al termine della terza guerra macedonica Polibio fu deportato in Italia, con l'accusa di aver segretamente favorito la causa del sovrano macedone Perseo. A Roma, strinse amicizia con Scipione Emiliano e, nei lunghi anni del soggiorno obblig…