ROME'S MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE Books Forty One to Forty Five and the Periochae

Livy; Translated By Jane D Chaplin

ISBN 10: 0192833405 / ISBN 13: 9780192833402

Edité par Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

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Oxford World's Classics. xxxiii, 6pp black & white maps, 386pp, 6pp publisher adverts at rear, pages clean and crisp, paperback covers with a slight reading crease to the spine. Size: 7.75 x 5 Inches.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: ROME'S MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE Books Forty One to Forty Five and the Periochae
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0192833405
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780192833402
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Paperback.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Dust Jacket as Published
• Type de livre: Roman History

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Synopsis

'I will do as the Senate decrees.' These words from one of Rome's opponents encapsulate the authority Rome achieved by its subjugation of the Mediterranean. The Third Macedonian War, recounted in this volume, ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's eventual dominance. For Livy, the story is also a fascinating moral study of the vices and virtues that hampered and promoted Rome's efforts in the conflict. He presents the war not so much as a battle against Perseus, Alexander's last and unworthy successor, than as a struggle within the Roman national character. Only traditional moral strength, embodied in Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the general who ultimately defeats Perseus, ensures the Roman victory. This edition also includes the Periochae, later summaries of Livy's entire original 142-book history of Rome from its founding to the age of Augustus (of which only 35 books survive).

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'I will do as the Senate decrees.' These words from one of Rome's opponents encapsulate the authority Rome achieved by its subjugation of the Mediterranean. The Third Macedonian War, recounted in this volume, ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's eventual dominance. For Livy, the story is also a fascinating moral study of the vices and virtues that hampered and promoted Rome's efforts in the conflict. He presents the war not so much as a battle against Perseus, Alexander's last and unworthy successor, than as a struggle within the Roman national character. Only traditional moral strength, embodied in Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the general who ultimately defeats Perseus, ensures the Roman victory. This edition also includes the Periochae, later summaries of Livy's entire original 142-book history of Rome from its founding to the age of Augustus (of which only 35 books survive). The complete Livy in English, available in five volumes from Oxford World's Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.