{"product_id":"9780674997196-history-of-rome-volume-xi","title":"History of Rome, Volume Xi","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooks 38 40\u003cbr\u003eLivy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC AD 12 or 17), the Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The fourth decad (31 40) focuses on Rome's growing hegemony in the East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome, from the beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivy (Titus Livius), the great  Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC, where  after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivy’s history,  composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the  republican system that had stood for over five hundred years, presents  in splendid style a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional  foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the  collective and individual virtues necessary to achieve and maintain such  greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf its 142 books, conventionally divided into pentads and decades, we have 1–10 and 21–45 complete, and short summaries (\u003ci\u003eperiochae\u003c\/i\u003e) of all the rest except 41 and 43–45; 11–20 are lost, and of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  fourth decade comprises two recognizable pentads: Books 31–35 narrate  the Second Macedonian War (200–196) and its aftermath (Rome’s growing  hegemony over Greece and tension with Antiochus III, the Seleucid ruler  of the Near East), then Books 36–40 the years from 191 to 180, when Rome  crushed and shrank Antiochus’ empire to extend and consolidate her  mastery over the Hellenistic states. Also included are detailed  narratives of Rome’s domestic politics and society, and of her western  wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of the fourth decade, which replaces the  original Loeb edition by Evan T. Sage, offers a text based on Briscoe’s  edition, a fresh translation, and ample annotation fully current with  modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450617180534,"sku":"9780674997196","price":24.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41300357.jpg?v=1779340815","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674997196-history-of-rome-volume-xi","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}