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is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations

and friends fill the bustling house

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The Histories, Volume VI The countryside medicine and health careThe historian Polybius (ca. 200118 bce) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome, where he became a friend of Scipio Aemilianus, whose campaigns, including the destruction of Carthage, he later attended. As a trusted mediator between Greece and the Romans, he helped in the discussions that preceded the final war with