Episode 42: Polybius on War Elephants... and Greek Cooperation

In this Historiographic episode, learn about Greek Historian Polybius, who lived in Rome for most of his life after age 33 -- but more important, learn about his chief work, "The Histories." He tells mainly of the Carthaginian attempt to sack Rome, but he intersperses all sorts of interesting observations about human nature, political philosophy, women, and so on. It's a really good read, and it reinforces my view that life was harder and scarier before the Logos than it has been ever since -- and so we would do well to understand that, in and like, be thankful for it. Speaking of thankful, here's a link to the Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=true