Chapter 5 Metabolē Politeiōn Roman and Achaean Degeneration in the Fragmentary Books

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XI
3. Acknowledgments XIII
4. Abbreviations XV
5. Introduction 1
6. Part one. Historical and Historiographical Contexts
7. Chapter 1 Political Subordination and Indirect Historiography 15
8. Chapter 2 Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians: The Cultural Politics of Hellenism 30
9. Part two. Text and Narrative
10. Chapter 3 Genos Politeiōn: Book 6, Rome, and Hellenism 67
11. Chapter 4 Akmē Politeiōn Roman and Achaean Virtues 100
12. Chapter 5 Metabolē Politeiōn Roman and Achaean Degeneration in the Fragmentary Books 144
13. Part three. Ideological and Political Contexts
14. Chapter 6 Collective Representations and Ideological Contexts 173
15. Chapter 7 Practical Contexts and Political Realities 204
16. Conclusion 235
17. Appendix A. Metabolē Politeiōn: Polybian Ochlocracy and Polybian Barbarology 241
18. Appendix B BAPBAPOΣ in Polybius’s Histories 245
19. Appendix C ΛΟΓΙΣΜΟΣ in Polybius’s Histories 255
20. Bibliography 261
21. General index 283
22. Index locorum 305
23. Index of Polybian terminology 327