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History of Rome, Volume I
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Series: Loeb Classical Library
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This volume is ideal for readers interested in ancient history, classical literature, and the cultural heritage of Rome. Scholars and enthusiasts of Roman history will appreciate Livy's detailed accounts and literary style.
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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).
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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 1–10 we have entire; books 11–20 are lost; books 21–45 are entire, except parts of 41 and 43–45. 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 History of Rome, Volume I is in fourteen volumes. The last volume includes a comprehensive index.
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780674991262
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 January 1919
Country: United States
Imprint: LOEB
Illustration: 2 maps, index
Contributors:
- Translated by B. O. Foster
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 108.0mm
Height: 162.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Benjamin Oliver Foster (1872–1938) was Professor of Classics at Stanford University.
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