Rome, Polybius, and the East

by Derow, the late Peter Sidney; Erskine, Andrew; Quinn, Josephine Crawley

• ISBN13: 9780199640904
• ISBN10: 0199640904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-02-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Rome, Polybius, and the East offers a collection of seventeen of the more important papers written by the late Peter Derow, Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford, during the course of his career.

With a detailed introduction by the editors, the papers make up a distinctive and influential body of work--essential reading for anyone interested in Roman imperialism or Polybius, and Rome's rise to Mediterranean power. They include Derow's classic survey articles on the Roman conquest of the East, the great Greek historian Polybius, his investigations of the Roman calendar, and several papers on epigraphy. It also contains a bibliography of Derow's work.

Author Biography

The late Peter Derow was Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford, from 1977 until his death in December 2006.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece
Introduction J. C. Quinn and A. Erskine, with E. Gruen, T.D. Barnes, G. Shipley & S. Heyworth
I. Narratives
1. The arrival of Rome: from the Illyrian wars to the fall of Macedon
2. Rome, the fall of Macedon and the sack of Corinth
II. Polybius and Roman Power
3. Polybius (205?-125? BC)
4. Historical explanation: Polybius and his predecessors
5. Polybius, Rome and the east
6. Kleemporos
7. Polybios and the embassy of Kallikrates
8. Polybius III, Rome and Carthage
9. Imperium, imperial space and empire
III. The Roman Calendar
10. The Roman calendar, 190-168 BC
11. The Roman calendar, 218-191 BC
IV. Epigraphy
12. An inscription from Chios, P. Derow and W. G. Forrest
13. Pharos and Rome
14. RC 38 (Amyzon) reconsidered, J. T. Ma, P. Derow & A. R. Meadows
Bibliography of Peter Derow G. Shipley
Index