Polybius

Where and when was Polybius born ?

• Megalopolis, 200 BC

• Megalopolis, 118 BC

• Rome, 200 BC

• Rome, 118 BC

What was the name and profession of his father?

• Lycortas, landowner and politician

• Lycortas, traveller and politician

• Lycortas, historian and politician

• Lycurgus, landowner and historian

Who became strategos of the Aechean League?

• both Polybius and his father

• only Polybius

• only his father

• none of them

Why was Polybius taken to Rome?

• because his father had fought the Romans

• because his city had fought the Romans

• because his father favoured neutrality in the war between Rome and Macedonia

• because his father favoured the war against Rome

Which public duty was assigned to Polybius in his home town?

• strategos

• consul

• hypparcus

• anaclosys

How many hostages did the Romans take from Greece to Rome?

• about 100

• about 2.000

• less than 1.000

• more or less 1.000

What was Polybius interested in?

• biographies of famous people such as Philopoemen

• forms of government

• military tactics

• all the answers are correct

How many books does his most important work consist of?

• 40, 5 of which are complete

• 33, 5 of which are complete

• 30, 5 of which are complete

• 5, all complete

What is the first form of government in anaclosys according to Polybius?

• democracy

• ochlocracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Why did the Romans Republican form of govenrment succeed, according to Polybius?

• because it was invented by Greeks

• because it was a mixed form of Government

• because it was founded on military power

• none of the reasons given is correct