Polybius

[ puh-lib-ee-uh s ]

/ pəˈlɪb i əs /

c205–c123 b.c., Greek historian.

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Third, they forget that any good thing taken too far becomes its opposite, as Polybius teaches us.

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His intimacy with the historian Polybius has been already mentioned.

A Smaller History of Rome |William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
But the explicit and rational investigation of the difference between αἰτία, ἀρχὴ, and πρόφασις was reserved for Polybius.

Essays and Lectures |Oscar Wilde
Polybius was one of those many men who are born too late to be original.

Essays and Lectures |Oscar Wilde

According to Polybius, Claudius was tried, condemned, and very severely punished.

Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 |William Stevenson
The plan which Polybius seems to have found in use was a very curious one, and, it is evident, far from being effective.

Lords of the World |Alfred John Church

Polybius

/ (pəʊˈlɪbɪəs) /

?205–?123 bc, Greek historian. Under the patronage of Scipio the Younger, he wrote in 40 books a history of Rome from 264 bc to 146 bc