![]() Baronowski discovers that the overwhelming majority of these imperialized Greeks (and a few non-Greeks-e.g. There then follow three chapters outlining the opinions of Hellenistic Greek philosophers (17-28), poets and prophets (29-42), and historians other than Polybius (43-60) on the issues of imperialism and Roman power. The first third of Baronowski’s book is given over to background and prefatory material, including an Introduction that provides a brief biography of Polybius, a discussion of the scope of his Histories, a review of scholarship on Polybius’ attitude towards Roman imperialism, and a survey of Polybius’ conception of imperialism (1- 13). In addition, like Champion’s book, Baronowski’s is a valuable addition to the growing list of works that recognize Polybius as a complex and original thinker, and a man of great personal and intellectual integrity rather than a mindless apologist for and flatterer of the Romans. It is thus a very welcome full-length study on a particularly vexed question that scholars have chipped away at for years, but upon which there has yet to be much consensus. ![]() ![]() ![]() But whereas the latter examined Polybius’ complex attitudes towards Rome and Romans in general terms, Baronowski focuses in on the specific issue of the Greek historian’s views on Roman imperialism, that is, “how reacted to the expansion of Roman power over other peoples” (ix). Donald Baronowski’s new book announces itself as a kind of companion piece to Craige Champion’s masterful 2004 study, Cultural Politics in Polybius’s Histories (Berkeley). ![]()
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