Polybius

American  

[puh-lib-ee-uhs] / pəˈlɪb i əs /

noun

1. c205–c123 b.c., Greek historian.

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Polybius British  

/ pəʊˈlɪbɪəs /

noun

1. ?205–?123 _bc , Greek historian. Under the patronage of Scipio the Younger, he wrote in 40 books a history of Rome from 264 _bc to 146 _bc

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Example Sentences

In “Scipio Africanus: The First Imperator,” Mr. Hoyos gives the victor, whom the Greek historian Polybius once called “virtually the most outstanding man in history,” his due.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

The DoJ alleges that victims were also promised dividends if they invested in Polybius, a virtual bank Mr Potapenko and Mr Turogin said they had set up.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

Prosecutors said the suspects tricked hundreds of thousands of people from 2015 to 2019 into buying contracts for a cryptocurrency mining service called HashFlare and investing in a virtual currency bank called Polybius Bank.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

“But some of the words Polybius uses aren’t in it.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2020

Historiographic conceits aside, Polybius was born in Arcadia, notorious throughout antiquity as an irredeemable backwater.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro