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The main source for almost every aspect of the Punic Wars is the historian Polybius (Template:Circa – Template:Circa), a Greek sent to Rome in 167Template:NbsBC as a hostage.Template:Sfn His works include a now-largely lost manual on military tactics,Template:Sfn but he is now known for The Histories, written sometime after 146Template:NbsBC.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Polybius's work is considered broadly objective and largely neutral as between Carthaginian and Roman points of view.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Polybius was an analytical historian and wherever possible personally interviewed participants, from both sides, in the events he wrote about.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn He accompanied the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus during his campaign in North Africa which resulted in the Roman victory in the Third Punic War.Template:Sfn

The main source for almost every aspect of the Punic Wars{{#tag:ref|The term ''Punic'' comes from the [[Latin]] word ''Punicus'' (or ''Poenicus''), meaning "[[History of Carthage|Carthaginian]]", and is a reference to the Carthaginians' [[Phoenicia]]n ancestry.{{sfn|Sidwell|Jones|1998|p=16}}|group=note}} is the historian [[Polybius]] ({{circa|200}} – {{circa|118 BC}}), a Greek sent to Rome in 167{{nbs}}BC as a hostage.{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2006|pp=20–21}} His works include a now-largely lost manual on military tactics,{{sfn|Shutt|1938|p=53}} but he is now known for [[The Histories (Polybius)|''The Histories'']], written sometime after 146{{nbs}}BC.{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2006|p=20}}{{sfn|Walbank|1990|pp=11–12}} Polybius's work is considered broadly objective and largely neutral as between [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] and [[Roman Republic|Roman]] points of view.{{sfn|Lazenby|1996|pp=x–xi}}{{sfn|Hau|2016|pp=23–24}} Polybius was an analytical historian and wherever possible personally interviewed participants, from both sides, in the events he wrote about.{{sfn|Shutt|1938|p=55}}{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2006|p=21}}{{sfn|Champion|2015|pp=98, 101}} He accompanied the Roman general [[Scipio Aemilianus]] during his campaign in North Africa which resulted in the Roman victory in the [[Third Punic War]].{{sfn|Champion|2015|p=96}}