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and member of the governing class who became strategos (commanding general) of the Achaean League. Consequently, Polybius was able to observe first-hand during his first 30 years the political and military affairs of Megalopolis, gaining experience as a statesman. In his early years, he accompanied his father while travelling as ambassador. He developed interests in equestrianism and hunting, diversions that later commended him to his Roman

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