208 BC - 126 BC
Polybius (; Greek: Πολύβιος, Polýbios; c. 200 – c. 118 BC) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work The Histories, a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covered the period of 264–146 BC, recording in detail events in Italy, Iberia, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Egypt and Africa, and documented the Punic Wars and Macedonian Wars among many others. Polybius's Histories is important not only for being the only Hellenistic historical work to survive in any substantial form, but also for its analysis of constitutional change and the mixed constitution. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polybius has received more than 1,689,392 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia. Polybius is the 9th most popular historian, the 40th most popular biography from Greece (down from 35th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Historian.
Polybius is most famous for his book The Histories, which is a description of the rise of Rome from the end of the Second Punic War to the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War.
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Among historians, Polybius ranks 9 out of 339. Before him are Thucydides, Xenophon, Tacitus, Livy, Sima Qian, and Josephus. After him are Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, Manetho, and Hecataeus of Miletus.
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 3
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 6
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 13
201 BC - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 14
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 15
Among people born in 208 BC, Polybius ranks 1. After him are Emperor Kaika and Agatharchides. Among people deceased in 126 BC, Polybius ranks 1.
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 1
208 BC - 97 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 2
208 BC - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 3
Among people born in Greece, Polybius ranks 40 out of 936. Before him are Cleisthenes (-565), Gorgias (-483), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Solon (-638), and Myron (-500). After him are Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Leucippus (-500), Alcibiades (-450), Peisistratos (-600), and Draco (-650).
565 BC - 492 BC
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 34
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 35
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 36
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 37
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 38
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 39
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 40
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 41
1769 - 1849
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 42
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 43
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 44
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 45
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 46
Among historians born in Greece, Polybius ranks 3. Before him are Thucydides (-460) and Xenophon (-430). After him are Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Michael Glykas (1125), Leo Allatius (1586), and Marsyas of Pella (-400).
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 1
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 3
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 4
400 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 5
41 - 53
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 6
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 7
1874 - 1926
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 8
340 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9
1125 - 1204
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 10
1586 - 1669
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 11
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 12