The History of Rome

by Livy; Warrior, Valerie M.

• ISBN13: 9780872207233
• ISBN10: 0872207234
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

This edition features Valerie Warrior's crisp, fluent translation of the first five books of Livy's History; a general introduction to Livy and his work; extensive foot-of-the-page notes offering essential contextual information; a chronology of events; and three appendices offering additional insight into Livy and the History -- genealogies of the most prominent political figures in the early Republic, Livy's relationship with Augustus, and Livy's treatment of religion.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vi
Note on the Text and Translation	xxvii
Select Bibliography	xxix
Chronology	xxxiii
Map of Italy	xxxvi
Map of the Hills of Rome	xxxvii
Map of Rome in the Period of the Kings	xxxviii
Map of Latium in the Period of the Kings	xxxix
Map of the Center of Rome in the Early Republic	xl
Map of Latium and Surrounding Areas in the Early Republic	xli
Map of the Major Roads of Central Italy in the Mid-Republic	xlii
Stemma of the Tarquins	xliv
History of Rome	1	(404)
Preface	1	(4)
Book 1	5	(79)
Book 2	84	(79)
Book 3	163	(90)
Book 4	253	(79)
Book 5	332	(73)
Appendix 1: Some Prominent Political Figures in the Early Republic	405	(16)
Appendix 2: Livy's Attitude Toward Augustus	421	(4)
Appendix 3: Roman Religion in Livy's First Pentad	425	(10)
Glossary	435	(8)
Index	443