Pre-owned Polybius And Roman Imperialism Hardcover By Donald Walter Baronowski

9780715639429. Pre-owned: good condition. Hard cover. Language: english. Glued binding. Intended for college higher education audience. Polybius and roman imperialism explores in depth the complexity of the greek historian polybius views on the expansion of roman power. Although he considered imperialism intrinsically noble and both admired and supported roman domination polybius also evinced detachment from the ruling power. This detachment came in different forms: personal cultural patriotic and cultural. In general he believed that the romans cited morally acceptable pretexts for declaring war observed justice in other aspects of foreign policy and practised beneficence and moderation in their dealings with subject nations. Even with less than half of the original text surviving the author reveals polybius personality and political philosophy. Size: []

9780715639429. Pre-owned: good condition. Hard cover. Language: english. Glued binding. Intended for college higher education audience. Polybius and roman imperialism explores in depth the complexity...show more