Polybius war ein griechischer Historiker der Hellenistischen Zeit, bekannt für sein Werk Die Historien. Seine Schriften decken detailliert den Zeitraum von 220–146 v. Chr. ab. Er ist auch berühmt für seine Ideen zur politischen Balance in der Regierung. Diese Ideen wurden später in Montesquieus Vom Geist der Gesetze und bei der Ausarbeitung der Verfassung der Vereinigten Staaten verwendet.
Polybios (um 200-120 v. Chr.), der Grieche in Diensten Roms, stellt in seinen »Historien« dar, wie im Verlauf eines halben Jahrhunderts die damals bekannte Welt unter die Herrschaft der Römer geriet. Dabei wird für ihn die römische Geschichte zur Universalgeschichte.
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Historien
„Denn wo gibt es einen so niedrig denkenden und gleichgültigen Menschen, der nicht zu wissenwünschte, wie und durch welche Mittel der Staatskunst beinahe die ganze bewohnte Welt in nichtganz 53 Jahren bewältigt und unter die einzige Herrschaft der Römer gebracht worden ist?“, fragtselbstbewusst Polybios aus Megalopolis am Anfang seines Geschichtswerkes. Selbst ein Grieche,verbrachte er lange Zeit in Rom, zunächst als Geisel, später als Vertrauter hochrangiger Politiker,und stellt in seinen etwa zu einem Drittel erhaltenen Historien die Erringung der Weltherrschaftdurch Rom dar. Bemüht um strenge Objektivität und überzeugt vom praktischen Nutzen seinerArbeit, reflektiert er wie kein Historiker vor ihm Methoden der Geschichtsschreibung und strebt diegründliche Erforschung der Ursachen von Roms rasantem Aufstieg an.
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