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    Frank William Walbank, CBE, FBA (/ˈwɔːlˌbæŋk/; 10 December 1909 – 23 October 2008) was a scholar of ancient history, particularly the history of Polybius...
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    Greece: A Sourcebook Walbank, F.W (1933), Aratos of Sicyon Walbank, F.W (1967), A Historical Commentary on Polybius, Volume III Walbank; Astin; Frederiksen;...
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    Constitution. The leading expert on Polybius for nearly a century was F. W. Walbank (1909–2008), who published studies related to him for 50 years, including...
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    Hammond and F. W. Walbank discuss possible Macedonian as well as foreign suspects, such as Demosthenes and Darius III: Hammond & Walbank 2001, pp. 8–12...
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    of Macedon Contrary to Carol J. King, however, N. G. L. Hammond and F. W. Walbank write with apparent certainty and conviction when describing the Macedonian...
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  • The Histories, Volume IV: Book 10 P. 46. Translated by W. R. Paton. Revised by F. W. Walbank, Christian Habicht. Loeb Classical Library 159. Cambridge...
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    86 The Ptolemaic currency had already been debased under Ptolemy V (F. W. Walbank, The Hellenistic World 1981:119. Raphia Decree at attalus.org. See also...
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    extent to which the tyrannical cruelty of Nabis would drive him. Neither F. W. Walbank (A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. II, 1967:420f) nor P.A. Cartledge...
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    The hystories of the most famous and worthy cronographer Polybius. F. W. Walbank wrote a comprehensive commentary on the Histories in three volumes,...
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  • Merlis, M.,Pyrrhus, Fourth Estate, 2008; ISBN 978-0007292219 F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen, R. M. Ogilvie (editors), The Cambridge Ancient...
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