Political thinker polybius

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Polybius is considered as the first Roman Political thinker.
Rome defeated Macedon in 169 BC. About 1000 Greek
people were taken as prisoners to Rome. Polybius was one
of them. Most of them killed later. But Polybius was one of
the 300 people who survived. He was taken to the house of
a Roman to teach his children. He was a very scholarly
person. Therefore, he studied the functioning of Roman
government. Soon, he became a friend of Romans. Romans
saw his knowledge and abilities. They appointed Polybius as
the administrator of Greek City-States. He visited various
countries of Europe, Africa and Asia. He studied how
governments function. He studied how Rome became a big Empire35. Rome was
only a small City-State. In just 53 years, Rome became an Empire. So, Polybius
wrote about the success of Rome. ‘Histories was the famous book of Polybius.
There are 40 volumes for this book. It is an important historical book for
students of Political Science. Polybius said that the success of Rome is due to
one reason: The Roman Constitution and government. The great constitution
and the great government made Rome Great. The success of Rome was not due
to military superiority. Military power and great leaders are only secondary36.
Histories Polybius and classification of Government
The political philosophy of Polybius is found in his ‘Histories’. His
classification of governments is very similar to that of Aristotle. He basically
accepted Aristotle’s classification of Governments. Aristotle classified
governments into six forms. Polybius also tried to classify governments into six
forms. Three were normal forms and three were perverted forms. Monarchy,
Aristocracy and Democracy were the normal forms of government. The perverted
forms were Tyranny, Oligarchy and extreme Democracy. According to him, each
form of government has its own seeds of destruction. No government is stable.
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