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Title: Rome and Italy by S. Livy, Titus Livius Livy ISBN: 0-14-044388-6 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A dated translation, but still great reading.
Comment: This volume contains books VI through X of Livy's monumental 120+ volume history of Rome. It covers the time between the sack of the city by the Gauls (c. 396 BCE) and Rome's emergence as the single most powerful state in Italy (c. 293 BCE). Like other Penguin classics, the translation in this volume is just a bit dated and stuffy in tone, but the warmth and vitality of Livy's style shines through nonetheless.
One of the benefits to being interested in ancient Rome in particular is that the Romans were such a literate people, and so taken with their own perceived greatness, that they wrote a great deal, and much of this writing has survived down to our own times. Not only does this provide an invaluable window onto the remote past, it also makes for good reading. Livy (and a number of other Roman era authors) can sound remarkably modern in their sentiments, and even casual readers should be pleasantly surprised by the vigor and readability of Livy's prose.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting, but not boring
Comment: This book, was very interesting! It gave wonderful insight into Roman life. Whether you study Roman History, or if you just like to try something new, this is a good book for you to try (even if you dont speak latin).
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Title: War With Hannibal by Titus Livius Livy, Aubrey De Selincourt ISBN: 014044145X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: July, 1965 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Rome and the Mediterranean: Books Xxxi-Xlv of the History of Rome from Its Foundation by Titus Livius, Henry Bettenson, Titus Livius Livy ISBN: 0140443185 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: August, 1976 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Livy: The Early History of Rome (Books I-V) by Aubrey De Selincourt, R. M. Ogilvie, Stephen Oakley ISBN: 0140448098 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Rise of the Roman Empire by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Obye Polybius ISBN: 0140443622 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1980 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Civil War (The Penguin Classics) by Julius Caesar, C. Julius Caesar, Jane F. Gardner ISBN: 0140441875 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1976 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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