The Histories of Polybius Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INDEX The references are to Books and Chapters, except where the volume and page of this translation are indicated by vol.? /.?; Fr. indicates the minor fragments at the end of vol. it. Abba, town in Africa, 14, 6, 7 Abia, town in Messenia, 23, 17 Abila, town in Palestine, 6, 71 ; 16, 39 Abilyx, a Spaniard, 3, 98, 99 Abrupolis, a Thracian prince, 22, 8 Abydus, town in Asia Minor, on the Hellespont, 4, 44 ; 5, in ; 16, 29- 35 ; its situation and fall, 18, 2, 44 J 34, 7 Academy, the, 12, 261:; 16, 27 Acarnania, 4,6, 30,63,65,66 ; 5,3-5; 9, 34 ; 28, 4, 5 ; 30, 13 ; 32. 20 ; 89, 14 Acarnanians, 2, 6, 10, 45, 65, 66 ; 4, 5. 9, IS- 2S. 3. 63 : 6, 3-6, 13, 96 ; 9, 32, 38-40; 10, 41 ; 16, 32 ; 21, 29, 32 ; 24, 12 ; 28, 5 Acatides, a Theban runner, 39, 7 Acerrae, a town of the Insubres, 2, 34 Acesimbrotus of Rhodes, 18, i, 2 Achaeans, the, 1, 3, passim ; appealed to by the Epirotes, 2, 6, 9, 10, 12 ; the rise of their league in the Pelo- ponnese, 2, 37-70; assist Mes- senians against the Aetolians, and call in Philip V., 4, 1-19, 22 ; pro- claim war with Aetolians, 4, 25-27. See also 36, 59-85 ; agree to furnish Philip with subvention, 0, i ; join Philip in his invasion of Laconia, 6, 18-24! harassed by Aetolians, 5, 30, 35 ; elect Aratus after the incap- able Strategus Eperatus, 6, 91-95 ; make peace with the Aetolians, 5, 101-105 ; instructed in military exercises by Philopoemen, 10, 23 ; at war with Machanidas of Sparta, 11, 11-18 ; Philopoemen summons a levy at Tegea to invade Laconia, !' 36. 37 ; incline to Philip's part against Rome, 16, 38 ; send envoys to the congress at Xicaea, 18, 1-8 ; receive back Corinth by the advice of Flamininus, 18, 45 fin.; and Triphylia and He...Read More