The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40

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Livy J. C. Yardley (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Ottawa)

The Dawn of the Roman Empire

Books 31-40

Livy, J. C. Yardley (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Ottawa), Waldemar Heckel (Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Ancient History, University of Calgary)

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English

Worlds Classics
23 July 2009

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition. (Livy, 33. 33)

Thus Livy describes the reaction to the Roman commander T.Q. Flamininus' proclamation of the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian games near Corinth in 196 BC. Half a century later Greece was annexed as a province of the Romans who burned the ancient city of Corinth to the ground.

Books 31 to 40 of Livy's history chart Rome's emergence as an imperial nation and the Romans tempestuous involvement with Greece, Macedonia and the near East in the opening decades of the second century BC; they are our most important source for Graeco-Roman relations in that century. Livy's dramatic narrative includes the Roman campaigns in Spain and against the Gallic tribes of Northern Italy; the flight of Hannibal from Carthage and his death in the East; the debate on the Oppian law; and the Bacchanalian Episode.

This is the only unabridged English translation of Books 31 to 40.

By: Livy
Edited by: Waldemar Heckel (Professor of Ancient History Professor of Ancient History University of Calgary)
Translated by: J. C. Yardley (Professor of Classics Professor of Classics University of Ottawa)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 446g
ISBN: 9780199555680
ISBN 10: 0199555680
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 23 July 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40

Altogether [Yardley and Heckel] have combined their efforts to produce an exemplary volume which, as the only modern unabridged English translation of Livy 31-40, will do much to promote a renewed interest in this decade of Livy among both students and scholars. * John Jacobs, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *