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This volume offers a collection of seventeen of the more important papers written by the late Peter Derow during the course of his career. With a detailed introduction by the editors, it is essential reading for anyone interested in Roman imperialism or Polybius, and Rome's rise to Mediterranean power.
List of contents
Frontispiece; IntroductionJ. 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 P. Derow and W. G. Forrest: An inscription from Chios; 13 Pharos and Rome; 14 J. T. Ma, P. Derow & A. R. Meadows: RC 38 (Amyzon) reconsidered; Bibliography of Peter DerowG. Shipley: ; Index
About the author
The late Peter Derow was Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford, from 1977 until his death in December 2006.
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.
Additional text
The writing is meticulous ... the republication of a selection of his papers is a happy event.
