A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X: Volume IV
Subtitle: Book X (A Commentary on Livy)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 29, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9780199237852
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Hellenic languages; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Ancient and Classical; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical
First sentence: BECAUSE of the successful wars of conquest which L. describes in books vii-x, the size of the Roman state had grown from c.2,005 km2 in the mid-340s to c.5,525 km2 in the mid-330s and to c.6,285 km2 by 300, and, with further successful warfare, was to grow to c.15,295 km2 by the mid-280s.