The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40 (Oxford World's

The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40 (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.
The complete Livy in English, available in five volumes from Oxford World's Classics.
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Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reissue
EISBN	9780191623288
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	OUP Oxford
Manufacturer	OUP Oxford
NumberOfPages	653
PublicationDate	2009-07-30
Publisher	OUP Oxford
ReleaseDate	2009-07-30
Studio	OUP Oxford

The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40 (Oxford World's Classics)

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