Polybius, Rome and the Hellenistic World

Walbank, F. W.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511482953

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“…Most of the time, Mercury cannot be seen, because of its close proximity to the Sun. The Sun was an important symbol to the Egyptians and, as well as the Macedonians (Walbank, 2006). And so, the rising Sun emphasized the shared adoration of the Egyptian people and Macedonian ruler class.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Rosetta Stone and the Nemrud Nomos: the discovery of significant textual and astronomical similarities

Crijns

2020

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Commagene was an independent and wealthy kingdom in the east of present Turkey from ca. 160 to 20 BCE. A text referred to as Nomos (Dörner) describes the astro-religion of Commagene (Crijns). The text on the Egyptian Rosetta Stone describes the Ptolemaic astroreligion (Rosetta Stone Online Project). It is shown here that the Rosetta text is a precursor of the Nomos, based on textual and astronomical evidence. The coronation dates as mentioned in both texts display a similar configuration in the sky as substantiated by the configuration on the Lion Horoscope at the top of Mt. Nemrud. Not only the date can be calculated, but also the precise time. The time is determined by an annual phenomenon of the marker star Sirius and Regulus, respectively. The latter has been overseen by scholars and underlines the importance of having at least a basic understanding of archaeoastronomy. These unnoticed similarities indicate that the astro-religions of the Middle East are not stand alone cults. The significant similarities point at a shared heritage i.e., a star cult dating maybe as far back as the era of the Fertile Crescent at the dawn of mankind.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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The Rosetta Stone and the Nemrud Nomos: the discovery of significant textual and astronomical similarities

Crijns

2020

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…6.51.7-8. 74 Walbank (2006) pone de relieve la importancia que Polibio da al papel del pueblo en el equilibrio constitucional y, del mismo modo, lo hace responsable de la decadencia. La relación del uno y los muchos sería, a medio plazo, más determinante que la tendencia aristocrática de la constitución.…”

Section: Los Ensayos Republicanos De Maquiavelo Guicciardini Y Giannunclassified

'Constitución mixta' en la república de Florencia a principios del siglo XVI

Rocher¹

2019

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En la tradición occidental ha predominado una única interpretación de la constitución mixta, la que aplicó Polibio a Esparta y a Roma. Sin embargo, en el pensamiento político griego existieron versiones anteriores y menos rígidas de esa idea de mezclar principios o instituciones de diversas ordenaciones políticas; especialmente las de Platón y Aristóteles. Los teóricos florentinos del siglo XVI, que analizamos en este trabajo, escribieron cuando acababa de aparecer la traducción latina del libro VI del historiador aqueo. Maquiavelo, Guicciardini o Giannotti escribieron motivados por el interés de preservar la república ante la amenaza de la “tiranía” y, con ese objetivo, no se limitaron a aplicar la idea polibiana de constitución mixta, sino que también se sirvieron de las soluciones teóricas de los pensadores griegos del final del clasicismo.

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“…(Polybius Hist. I.1) Several important issues that arise from Polybius's puzzle are complementary to the analysis of decline: the nature of power in ancient empires; the instruments of domination available to Rome (and to its subjects); and the instability of domestic politics, among others (Eckstein, 1995;Smith and Yarrow, 2012;Walbank, 2002). But Polybius's project was to explain Rome's exceptional rise, and that undertaking is of a fundamentally different nature to that of explaining failure.…”

Section: Ancient Textsmentioning

confidence: 99%