id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8542 Polybius - Wikipedia .html text/html 5936 1015 61 The last event mentioned in his Histories seems to be the construction of the Via Domitia in southern France in 118 BC, which suggests the writings of Pseudo-Lucian may have some grounding in fact when they state, "[Polybius] fell from his horse while riding up from the country, fell ill as a result and died at the age of eighty-two". In the twelfth volume of his Histories, Polybius defines the historian's job as the analysis of documentation, the review of relevant geographical information, and political experience. The Histories or The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius: "Polybius (1), Greek historian, c. Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories. Polybius on the Writing of History. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8542.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8542.txt