Biographical dossier
Polybius
Polybius is classified in the historical people index as HISTORIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q131169
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q131169
- Wikidata ID
- Q131169
- Occupation class
- HISTORIAN
- Life span
- 208 BC–126 BC
- Birth anchor
- Megalopolis, Greece (208 BC)
- Death anchor
- Greece (126 BC)
- HPI
- 81.32614820389702
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between 208 BC and 126 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Megalopolis, Greece (208 BC). Death: Greece (126 BC).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class HISTORIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 10.629018581080894.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?