History Of Rome Volume Viii: Books 28–30 Livy Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

Rome From The Beginning Livy (Titus Livius) Great Roman Historian Was Born At Patavium (Padua) In 64 Or 59 Bc Where After Years He Died Ad 12 17 Livy’s History Composed As Imperial Autocracy Of Augustus Replacing Republican System That Had Stood For Over Five Hundred Presents Splendid Style A Vivid Narrative Rome’s Rise Traditional Foundation City 753 751 To 9 And Illustrates Collective Individual Virtues Necessary Achieve Maintain Such Greatness Its 142 Books Conventionally Divided Into Pentads Decades We Have 1–10 21–45 Complete Short Summaries (Periochae) All Rest Except 41 43–45 11–20 Are Lost Only Fragments Remain Third Decade Constitutes Our Fullest Surviving Account Momentous Second Punic (Or Hannibalic) War Featuring Famous Gallery Leaders Carthaginian Greek Memorably Drawn It Comprises Two Recognizable Pentads: 21–25 Narrate Run-Up Conflict Struggles First Phase With Hannibal Dominant 26–30 Relate Revival Final Victory Focus Shifts Scipio Africanus This Edition Which Replaces Original Loeb Editions By B O Foster (Books 21–22) Frank Gardner Moore 23–30) Offers Text Based On Critical John Briscoe 21–25) P G Walsh 26–30) Fresh Translation Ample Annotation Fully Current Modern Scholarship Σελίδες: 416 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0615 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm