History Of Rome Volume X: Books 35–37 Livy Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

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 Fourth Decade Comprises Two Recognizable Pentads: 31–35 Narrate Second Macedonian War (200–196) Aftermath (Rome’s Growing Hegemony Greece Tension With Antiochus Iii Seleucid Ruler Near East) Then 36–40 191 180 When Crushed Shrank Antiochus’ Empire Extend Consolidate Her Mastery Hellenistic States Also Included Detailed Narratives Domestic Politics Society Western Wars This Edition Which Replaces Original Loeb By Evan T Sage Offers Text Based On Briscoe’s Fresh Translation Ample Annotation Fully Current Modern Scholarship Σελίδες: 496 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0108 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm