History of Rome
By: Livy ; edited and translated by J. C. Yardley
Contributors: Yardley, John, 1942- editor, translator
Series: Livy -- XI; Loeb classical library -- 313; Loeb classical library -- 313.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780674997196
Subjects: History
Other titles: Livy XI, Books 38-40
Work titles: Ab urbe condita
Description: "Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC, where after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17. Livy's history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the republican system that had stood for over 500 years, presents in splendid style a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to achieve and maintain such greatness. Of its 142 books, conventionally divided into pentads and decads, we have 1-10 and 21-45 complete, and short summaries (periochae) of all the rest except 41 and 43-45; 11-20 are lost, and of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. The fourth decad comprises two recognizable pentads: Books 31-35 narrate the Second Macedonian War (200-196) and its aftermath, then Books 36-40 the years from 191 to 180, when Rome crushed and shrank Antiochus' empire to extend and consolidate her mastery over the Hellenistic states. This edition replaces the original Loeb edition by Evan T. Sage." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parallel texts in Latin and English on opposite pages.
Table of contents: title: [v. 11] Books 38-40