History of Rome, Volume XIV (Hardcover)

Livy

ISBN 10: 0674994450 / ISBN 13: 9780674994454

Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1959

Beschreibung

Hardcover. Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.Livy's only extant work is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into Decades or series of ten. Books 110 we have entire; books 1120 are lost; books 2145 are entire, except parts of 41 and 4345. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. In splendid style Livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of Rome's past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of Rome to greatness.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Livy is in fourteen volumes. The last volume includes a comprehensive index. The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE 12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books, 1 10, 21 45 (except parts of 41 and 43 45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE). Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: History of Rome, Volume XIV (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1959
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0674994450
• ISBN-13: 9780674994454
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.

Livy's only extant work is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into Decades or series of ten. Books 110 we have entire; books 1120 are lost; books 2145 are entire, except parts of 41 and 4345. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. In splendid style Livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of Rome's past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of Rome to greatness.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Livy is in fourteen volumes. The last volume includes a comprehensive index.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Alfred Cary Schlesinger (1900-1993) was Professor of Ancient History at Oberlin College.

Russel Mortimer Geer (1894-1984) was W. R. Irby Professor of Classical Languages at Tulane University.