...Youthfulness appears widely in Polybius as something whose failings and weakness can be disadvantageous for a leader, in spite of more positive examples of young men such as Aratus of Sicyon and Scipio Aemilianus. The presentation of the youth of Philip V in Books 4 and 5 is marked by negative...

...This book considers the extraordinary revival of Spanish power following the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1713 and 1748 the Spain of Philip V was the single greatest threat to peace in Europe. That threat was due in large part to Philip’s overhaul of Spain’s institutions, including its...

...’ Hannibal Philip V of Macedon popular assemblies Pyrrhus of Epirus senatorial aristocracy army Corinth Flamininus Titus Quinctius gloria phalanx Plutarch Scipio Africanus Publius Cornelius Antiochus III of Syria religion taxation art Italy Magna Graecia morality slaves Cato the Elder...

... Eleusis Euboea Maronea Nicanor Philip V Philocles First Macedonian War Peace of Phoenice Fortune Polybius Tyche Chance Fortune Celts Hannibal Rome Zama Carthage Dardanians Illyria Syria Cento Gaius Claudius Corcyra Corinth Demetrias Epirus Nabis Sopater Boeotia Cycliadas Oreus...

... on Philip and on Greece and ends with Philip’s activities in Macedonia after Cynoscephalae and how he restored manpower and economic growth to his kingdom. army Flamininus Lucius Quinctius Flamininus Titus Quinctius Philip V Second Macedonian War Argos Atrax Attalus I Crannon Demetrias Nabis...

...Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction. Emma Nicholson, Oxford University Press. © Emma Nicholson 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192866769.003.0001 The introduction outlines the aims of the monograph, introduces the figures of Philip...

...Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction. Emma Nicholson, Oxford University Press. © Emma Nicholson 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192866769.003.0002 Chapter 1 establishes the political and literary context in which Philip V enters...

...Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction. Emma Nicholson, Oxford University Press. © Emma Nicholson 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192866769.003.0006 Chapter 5 explores the use of a tragic mode in Polybius’ description of Philip’s last...

... of principality. His main accomplishment is not personal grandezza but good laws that make for good arms and ‘good friends.’ The chapter’s sole example of Philip V of Macedon –a vile and buffoonish figure in Livy’s account – challenges Florentines and other Italians to consider whether they want...

... evolved within a larger hellenistic world that eagerly adopted the new panhellenic tradition, whose broader lines allowed easier access to this valuable piece of commemorative property. This chapter considers commemorations undertaken by Antigonus I, Demetrius I, Philip V, Attalus I, Philopoemen...

... advantage of the situation, Athens was able to declare its independence from Macedonia in 229, which proved to be a watershed year in its Hellenistic history. The city continued its diplomatic influence in Greece and with other Hellenistic courts. But the rise of Philip V to the Macedonian throne would...

... First Lissus Rhizon Teuta Achaeans Achaean League Aetolians Aetolian League Antigonus III Doson Apollonia Corcyra Corinth Corinthians Demetrius of Pharos Illyrian War Second Mysteries Olympic Games Philip V Senate of Rome Cannae battle of Hannibal Polybius Punic War Second Trasimene...

.... Attention is given to the evidence for treaties and provincialization. Derow Peter Philip V Julius Caesar C Inscriptions freedom of the Greeks Quinctius Flamininus T Spain Lycia Rome Tarentum Agelaus speech at Naupactus Carthage causation historical Demetrius of Pharos Punic War Second...

...By 1700 the concept of counsel of conscience and the trust in royal confessors as competent counsellors had collapsed. In the wake of the regime change that followed both the death of Louis XIV and the succession of the French Bourbon Philip V in Spain, this triggered institutional and ideological...

...Polybius' highly dramatic portrayal of Philip V's last years as king of Macedonia has been seen as arising from a decision to concentrate on the personal tragedy of Philip's last years, especially the dispute with his son Demetrius and the latter's death. It is very likely that Polybius used...

...Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction. Emma Nicholson, Oxford University Press. © Emma Nicholson 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192866769.003.0003 Chapter 2 questions the historicity of Polybius’ claim that Philip underwent a turn...

...Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction. Emma Nicholson, Oxford University Press. © Emma Nicholson 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192866769.003.0004 Chapter 3 proceeds from the arguments in Chapter 2 and problematizes Polybius...

... in particular of Philip V and his supposed plans to invade Italy. A brief survey of Macedonia and the kingdom’s relations with the Greeks before Philip V is given. A brief survey of secondary literature on the kings is also provided. The introduction makes a brief warning that the book...

... what he looked like, his upbringing and likely Greek education, his religion, and his influences, especially Philip II. The rest of the chapter surveys the reigns and exploits of kings from Philip II to Antigonus III Doson as background to Philip V assuming the throne in 221, and his early relations...

... Social War Aetolian League Ambracia Ambracus Arta Dium Philip V Scopas Thessaly Zeus Olympius Zygos Pass Actium Oeniadae Phoetiae Stratus Aratus son Arcadia Dodona Dorimachus Elis Larissa Phlius Apelles Euripidas Olympia Psophis Alipheira Heraea Lepreum Macedonia Orchomenus...