Polybius : Experience and the Lessons of History.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 History and Experience in Polybius -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Empeiria and Learning from History -- 3 Polybius and the Purpose of "Pragmatic" History -- 4 The Value of Experience in Polybius -- 5 The Value of History in Polybius -- 6 Three Approaches to Knowledge: Experience, History, and Scientific Study -- 7 Methodikē empeiria -- 8 Experience and the Historian -- 9 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Hannibal, Practical Experience, and the Model Historian -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hannibal as a New, Young Commander -- 3 Hannibal's Monument -- 4 Hannibal's Research for the Invasion of Italy -- 5 Crossing the Alps and the Historian -- 6 Hannibal vs. Rome -- 7 Interpreting the Past at Cannae -- 8 Hannibal's Advice to Tarentum -- 9 Hannibal and the Mutability of Fortune -- 10 Hannibal and Scipio Africanus -- 11 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Learning from History -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mankind's Failure to Learn from History -- 3 Philip V and the Failure to Learn from History -- 4 Philip V and the Failure to Teach through History -- 5 Scipio Africanus and Learning from the Past -- 6 History vs. Experience -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Experience and History in the Roman Constitution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reason and Practical Experience in the anakyklosis -- 3 Practical Experience and the Mixed Constitution -- 4 The Aristocratic Funeral -- 5 The Aristocratic Funeral and History -- 6 The Example of Horatius Cocles -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Roman Innovation in Polybius' Narrative -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Roman Innovations in the First Punic War -- 3 Roman Innovations in Contrast to Their Adversaries -- 4 Learning from Experience in the Second Punic War -- 5 The Value of One Exceptional Individual -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Exemplary Roman History.

1 Introduction -- 2 Aemilius Paullus and the Lessons of Pydna -- 3 Scipio Aemilianus and the Exemplary Past -- 4 Scipio Aemilianus as Example for Contemporaries -- 5 Scipio Aemilianus as Historical Example -- 6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General Index.

In Polybius: Experience and the Lessons of History, Daniel Walker Moore shows how the Greek historian Polybius (2nd century B.C.E.) integrates the concepts of practical experience and learning from history in his educational philosophy and historical narrative.

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