ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Up to now all that had been done was right and fair according to the laws of war, but what shall I say of that which followed? Continue reading “Polybius’ timeless and valuable notions on ‘civilized’ War; the Greeks were destroying their own temples long before the ‘Barbarian Invasions’”
by George Valsamis
The issue of the origins of organised monasticism has caused much talk. Continue reading “Origins of the Western Monasticism in the 4th and 5th c. A.D.”
The sea known as the Pontus is very nearly twenty-two thousand stades in circumference and has two mouths exactly opposite each other, one communicating with the Propontis and the other with the Palus Maeotis, which itself has a circumference of eight thousand stades. Continue reading “Polybius’ description of Pontus and Byzantium”
Arcadius died in A.D. 408, at the early age of thirty-one; his imperious consort had preceded him to the grave, and the empire of the East was left to Theodosius II., a child of seven years, their only son. Continue reading “‘Divine Providence’ saves the Eastern part of the Roman Empire (408-518 A.D.) – Pulcheria becomes the first woman Empress – Successful reconstruction of the Roman military forces”
The last danger which the Eastern Empire was to experience from the hands of the Germans fell into the reign of Zeno. Continue reading “Emperor Zeno’s reign; the last German danger in the East”
The Arcadian nation on the whole has a very high reputation for virtue among the Greeks, due not only to their humane and hospitable character and usages, but especially to their piety to the gods. Continue reading “Ancient Arcadia; interesting notions on Music by Polybius”
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