SCRIPTURA

Classical Greek

The Histories · Ἱστορίαι

Polybius

Translated by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

How did Rome conquer the known world in under fifty-three years? A Greek hostage who became Scipio’s friend explains, with the Punic Wars, Hannibal, the Roman constitution and the fall of Carthage.

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  • Greek: ed. Theodor Büttner-Wobst, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0543.tlg001, CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • English: Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the references the two texts share (books, chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

Contents · 103

  1. 1Book I · chapters 1–13
  2. 2Book I · chapters 14–22
  3. 3Book I · chapters 23–32
  4. 4Book I · chapters 33–43
  5. 5Book I · chapters 44–54
  6. 6Book I · chapters 55–66
  7. 7Book I · chapters 67–78
  8. 8Book I · chapters 79–88
  9. 9Book II · chapters 1–12
  10. 10Book II · chapters 13–23
  11. 11Book II · chapters 24–35
  12. 12Book II · chapters 36–47
  13. 13Book II · chapters 48–59
  14. 14Book II · chapters 60–71
  15. 15Book III · chapters 1–14
  16. 16Book III · chapters 15–29
  17. 17Book III · chapters 30–42
  18. 18Book III · chapters 43–55
  19. 19Book III · chapters 56–68
  20. 20Book III · chapters 69–81
  21. 21Book III · chapters 82–93
  22. 22Book III · chapters 94–107
  23. 23Book III · chapters 108–118
  24. 24Book IV · chapters 1–12
  25. 25Book IV · chapters 13–23
  26. 26Book IV · chapters 24–35
  27. 27Book IV · chapters 36–48
  28. 28Book IV · chapters 49–63
  29. 29Book IV · chapters 64–75
  30. 30Book IV · chapters 76–87
  31. 31Book V · chapters 1–13
  32. 32Book V · chapters 14–26
  33. 33Book V · chapters 27–41
  34. 34Book V · chapters 42–54
  35. 35Book V · chapters 55–68
  36. 36Book V · chapters 69–82
  37. 37Book V · chapters 83–97
  38. 38Book V · chapters 98–111
  39. 39Book VI · chapters 1–10
  40. 40Book VI · chapters 10–22
  41. 41Book VI · chapters 23–34
  42. 42Book VI · chapters 35–46
  43. 43Book VI · chapters 47–58
  44. 44Book VII · chapters 1–10
  45. 45Book VII · chapters 11–18
  46. 46Book VIII · chapters 1–13
  47. 47Book VIII · chapters 14–25
  48. 48Book VIII · chapters 26–38
  49. 49Book IX · chapters 1–14
  50. 50Book IX · chapters 15–29
  51. 51Book IX · chapters 30–44
  52. 52Book X · chapters 1–13
  53. 53Book X · chapters 14–26
  54. 54Book X · chapters 27–38
  55. 55Book X · chapters 39–49
  56. 56Book XI · chapters 1–12
  57. 57Book XI · chapters 13–24
  58. 58Book XI · chapters 25–34
  59. 59Book XII · chapters 1–12
  60. 60Book XII · chapters 13–25d
  61. 61Book XII · chapters 25e–28
  62. 62Book XIII
  63. 63Book XIV
  64. 64Book XV · chapters 1–13
  65. 65Book XV · chapters 14–25
  66. 66Book XV · chapters 25–37
  67. 67Book XVI · chapters 1–14
  68. 68Book XVI · chapters 15–25
  69. 69Book XVI · chapters 26–39
  70. 70Book XVIII · chapters 1–15
  71. 71Book XVIII · chapters 16–28
  72. 72Book XVIII · chapters 29–42
  73. 73Book XVIII · chapters 43–55
  74. 74Book XX
  75. 75Book XXI · chapters 1–15
  76. 76Book XXI · chapters 16–25
  77. 77Book XXI · chapters 26–34
  78. 78Book XXI · chapters 35–45
  79. 79Book XXII · chapters 3–11
  80. 80Book XXII · chapters 12–22
  81. 81Book XXIII · chapters 1–9
  82. 82Book XXIII · chapters 10–18
  83. 83Book XXIV
  84. 84Book XXV
  85. 85Book XXVI
  86. 86Book XXVII
  87. 87Book XXVIII · chapters 1–11
  88. 88Book XXVIII · chapters 12–23
  89. 89Book XXIX · chapters 1–13
  90. 90Book XXIX · chapters 14–27
  91. 91Book XXX · chapters 1–9
  92. 92Book XXX · chapters 10–24
  93. 93Book XXX · chapter 24
  94. 94Book XXXI · chapters 7–24
  95. 95Book XXXI · chapters 24–28
  96. 96Book XXXII
  97. 97Book XXXIII
  98. 98Book XXXIV · chapters 1–7
  99. 99Book XXXIV · chapters 8–14
  100. 100Book XXXV
  101. 101Book XXXVI
  102. 102Book XXXVIII · chapters 1–11
  103. 103Book XXXVIII · chapter 11