Lykortas

Japanese: Lykortas
Lykortas

Polybius was a Greek historian who wrote about the rise of Rome. He was born in the Achaean city of Megalopolis in the central Peloponnese to the statesman Lykortas. He was one of 1,000 Achaeans imprisoned in Italy between 167 and 150 BCE. He remained in Rome and became friends with Scipio Aemilianus (the Younger).

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Japanese:

…ローマの興隆期を記述したギリシアの歴史家。ペロポネソス半島中部アカイアの都市メガロポリスに政治家リュコルタスLykortasの子として生まれた。前167年から前150年にかけてアカイア人1000名がイタリアに抑留されたとき,ポリュビオスもこの中に含まれており,ローマに留まった彼はスキピオ・アエミリアヌス(小スキピオ)と親交を結ぶ。…

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