Blake

His name was Scipio. It was not Scipio Africanus. That was his ancestor. It was Scipio Aemilianus.

It would not be Hannibal. It would not be Hannibal.

It would not be Hannibal. It would not be Hannibal.

So who was Polybius? Polybius was this Greek guy who got his dad was a leader in like southern Greece. We won't get into the drama about it, but it was like the Achaean League, I think was the name of it. And they got beat in a war. So he was a hostage in Rome and he either grew up in Rome or at least like he spent most of his age in Rome and he became this big Rome. It's kind of crazy.

So who was Polybius? Polybius was this Greek guy who got his dad was a leader in like southern Greece. We won't get into the drama about it, but it was like the Achaean League, I think was the name of it. And they got beat in a war. So he was a hostage in Rome and he either grew up in Rome or at least like he spent most of his age in Rome and he became this big Rome. It's kind of crazy.

He basically Rome was not super dominant yet. But Polybius deduced Rome is going to be the superpower of the Mediterranean. What year was this? This is maybe about 150 B.C. or so. Got it. And he thinks Rome is going to be the superpower of the Mediterranean. They are going to take over the world, basically, and I'm going to write about why.

He basically Rome was not super dominant yet. But Polybius deduced Rome is going to be the superpower of the Mediterranean. What year was this? This is maybe about 150 B.C. or so. Got it. And he thinks Rome is going to be the superpower of the Mediterranean. They are going to take over the world, basically, and I'm going to write about why.

And so he wrote histories of Rome, but he also wrote analysis of the Roman Constitution and stuff like that.

And so he wrote histories of Rome, but he also wrote analysis of the Roman Constitution and stuff like that.

All of the above.

All of the above.

It's not like our constitution where it's just how political. He's really describing how their whole society is organized.

It's not like our constitution where it's just how political. He's really describing how their whole society is organized.

It's going for I think aristocracy is what he's going for, because he would say in the Greeks, they would have oligarchies, which were aristocratic tyrannies or like kings, like monarchies. And then they would have democracies, which was the mob. And he thought Rome had all three of these because they had the tribunes who were like the masses.

It's going for I think aristocracy is what he's going for, because he would say in the Greeks, they would have oligarchies, which were aristocratic tyrannies or like kings, like monarchies. And then they would have democracies, which was the mob. And he thought Rome had all three of these because they had the tribunes who were like the masses.

They would have monarchy through their consuls who were like an elected monarch sort of. And then the Senate was the aristocracy. So he's going for aristocracy.

They would have monarchy through their consuls who were like an elected monarch sort of. And then the Senate was the aristocracy. So he's going for aristocracy.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yes, he was. Did they only serve for one year? One year. And they were rotating, right? It used to be you couldn't do it more than once. That would break down over time. So I think Marius was consul seven times. Yeah.