Research Catalog

Title

History of Rome / Livy ; with an English translation by B.O. Foster.

Author

Livy

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1919-1989.
• [Place of manufacture not identified] : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Foster, B. O.
• Moore, Frank Gardner, 1865-1955
• Sage, Evan T. (Evan Taylor), 1881-1936
• Schlesinger, Alfred C. (Alfred Cary), 1900-1993
• Geer, Russel M. (Russel Mortimer)

Description

14 volumes : maps; 17 cm

Summary

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). 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 Livy is in fourteen volumes. The last volume includes a comprehensive index.

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; 114, 133, 172, 191, 233, 295, 301, 313, 332, 355, 367, 381, 396, 404

Uniform Title

• Ab urbe condita. English & Latin
• Loeb classical library ; 114, 133, 172, 191, 233, 295, 301, 313, 332, 355, 367, 396, 404.

Alternative Title

• Ab urbe condita.
• Livy History of Rome

Subjects

• History
• Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C
• Rome > History > To 510 B.C
• Rome (Empire)
• Rome > History > Republic, 510-265 B.C

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Set consists of various editions and printings.
• Volume 6-8 translated by Frank Gardner Moore; volume 9-11 by Evan T. Sage; volume 12 by Evan T. Sage and Alfred C. Schlesinger; volume 13 by Alfred C. Schlesinger; volume 14 by Alfred C. Schlesinger, with general index to Livy by Russel M. Geer.
• Volume 1 first published 1919, reprinted with bibliographical addendum (1988); volume 7 reprinted 1950; volume 9 revised with bibliographical addendum (1985); volume 11 reprinted with bibliographical addendum (1983); volume 13 revised with bibliographical addendum (1989); volume 14 revised 1967.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Latin text and English translation on opposite pages.

Contents

[Volume] I. Books 1-2 -- [volume] II. Books 2-4 -- [volume] III. Books 5-7 -- [volume] IV. Books 8-10 -- [volume] V. Books 21-22 -- [volume] VI. Books 23-25 -- [volume] VII. Books 26-27 -- [volume] VIII. Books 28-30 -- [volume] IX. Books 31-34 -- [volume] X. Books 35-37 -- [volume] XI. Books 38-39 -- [volume] XII. Books 40-42 -- [volume] XIII. Books 43-45 -- [volume] XIV. Summaries, fragments, Julius Obsequens ; General index.

Call Number

PA6156

ISBN

• 9780674991262
• 0674991265
• 9780674991484
• 0674991486
• 9780674991903
• 0674991907
• 9780674992108
• 0674992105
• 9780674992566
• 0674992563
• 9780674993921
• 0674993926
• 9780674994041
• 0674994043
• 9780674994195
• 0674994191
• 9780674993266
• 0674993268
• 9780674993327
• 0674993322
• 9780674993464
• 0674993462
• 9780674993662
• 0674993667
• 9780674994355
• 0674994353
• 9780674994454
• 0674994450

OCLC

958376136

Author

Livy, author.

Title

History of Rome / Livy ; with an English translation by B.O. Foster.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1919-1989.

Manufacturer

[Place of manufacture not identified] : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 114, 133, 172, 191, 233, 295, 301, 313, 332, 355, 367, 381, 396, 404

Loeb classical library ; 114, 133, 172, 191, 233, 295, 301, 313, 332, 355, 367, 396, 404.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Latin text and English translation on opposite pages.

Added Author

Foster, B. O., translator.

Moore, Frank Gardner, 1865-1955, translator.

Sage, Evan T. (Evan Taylor), 1881-1936, translator.

Schlesinger, Alfred C. (Alfred Cary), 1900-1993, translator.

Geer, Russel M. (Russel Mortimer), compiler of index.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA6156 .L58