Out of print editions on the used book market are few and expensive, and plain etexts are unattractive. Click on any of the following topics to explore them further. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 14. The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of aeneas and the refugees from the fall of troy, to the. The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita books from the founding of the city, is a monumental history of ancient rome, written in latin between 27 and 9 bc by the historian titus livius, or livy, as he is usually known in english. This is the very best translation available for livy 15. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. This page is designed to provide a brief introduction to the roman historian livy, and to provide tools for further research on his history, ab urbe condita from the founding of the city. Imprints at perseus include avalon travel publishing home to rick steves and the moon guides, basic books, running press, publicaffairs and da capo press. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 22. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The history of rome, books 15 hackett publishing company. Jan 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Summaries, the history of rome volume iv books thirtyseven to the end with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest. It is a book that deserves both to become a standard study of the particular episodes that she discusses, and to stand as a model of what a modern treatment of livy can look like. But one thing ive had great difficulty locating is a complete text of livy. Livys history of rome can be found in english online at a couple of websites. To continue reading livys history, there is a second book available in this series. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 rev. To begin with, it is generally admitted that after the capture of troy, whilst the rest of the trojans were massacred, against two of them aeneas and antenor the achivi refused to exercise the rights of war, partly owing to old ties of hospitality, and partly because these men had always been in favour of making peace and surrendering helen. Blyth a literal translation of livys roman history, book xxi xxiii arranged for interleaving with madvigs text, by t.
Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, summary. The fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the worlds mightiest empire, second only to the power of the godsromulus and remus, the rape of lucretia, horatius at the bridge, the saga of coriolanus, cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state these and many more are stories which, immortalized by livy in his history of early rome, have become part of our. The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of aeneas and the refugees from the fall of troy, to the citys. Blyth a literal translation of livy s roman history, book xxi xxiii arranged for interleaving with madvigs text, by t. It largely deals with early growing pains in rome as its second census shows its population swollen beyond 100,000. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A literal translation of livys roman history, book xxi xxiii arranged for interleaving with madvigs text, by t. Stories of rome translations from greek and roman authors by livy, edited and translated by roger nichols. This translation, the first new english rendering in over forty years, 1 represents another in a series of excellent translations by john yardley y. The historians huge work, written between 20 bc and ad 17, ran to 12 books, beginning with romes founding in 753 bc and coming down to livys own lifetime 9 bc. The historians huge work, written between 20 bc and ad 17, ran to 12 books, beginning with romes founding in 753 bc and coming down to livy s own lifetime 9 bc. The periochae are not the only summary of livy s history. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service.
The history of rome by titus livius book 1 the earliest legends 1. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Unlike many historians of the era, livy never held a public office and had no political or military experience something for which others, including his contemporaries, considered a fault and unlike many in his profession, he would assume the role of a fulltime. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. It claims to provide a translation for every word of the history, which is a fantastic idea and, done properly, would be very useful indeed. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3.
Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Books 15 cover the period from romes beginnings to her first great foreign conquest, the capture of the etruscan city of veii and, a few years later, to her first major defeat. Perseus also has a publishing partnership with the type media center called bold type books. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. A literal translation of livys roman history, book xxi. Each sentence in the book is first given in livys original latin, then followed by running vocabulary. Translation of the book on roman history ab urbe condita by titus livius livy. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 benjamin oliver. A literal translation of livy s roman history, book xxi xxiii arranged for interleaving with madvigs text, by t. Livys only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning. Hannibal accordingly moved out of his winter quarters.
To continue reading livy s history, there is a second book available in this series. The grittier, more basic texty version faster to load has been posted by the university of virginia and uses the 1905 translation by the reverend canon roberts. The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient rome, written in latin between 27 and 9 bc by the historian titus livius, or livy, as he is usually known in english. His previous attempt to cross the apennines had been frustrated by the insupportable cold. In this book is described the beginning of the second punic war, and how hannibal, the general of the phoenicians, crossed the river. A superbly clear translation and useful notes on the same page as the text will make this the edition to use in the classroom. Book 40 perseus and demetrius book 41 perseus and the states of greece book 42 the third macedonian war. Livy s history of rome can be found in english online at a couple of websites. Ab urbe condita, livy books xxi and xxv the second punic war 1 of 23 translations. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 benjamin oliver foster, ph. Translated into english with notes by alfred john church and william jackson brodribb see other formats. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for. From the founding of the citybook 1 wikisource, the.
Livy wrote a 142 volume history of rome entitled from the foundation of the city. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 perseus. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Each sentence in the book is first given in livy s original latin, then followed by running vocabulary.
Livy s only extant work is part of his history of rome from the foundation of the city to 9 bce. In the latin text, a one or two sentence english summary of major events is affixed to each of book ones 60 chapters, giving the reader clear guidance about what to look out for in each section of the text. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 45. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 31. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. When he began this work he was already past his youth. Livy s only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. The preface whether the task i have undertaken of writing a complete history of the roman people from the very commencement of its existence will reward me for the labour spent on it, i neither know for certain, nor if i did know would i venture to say. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 56. Book 21 from saguntum to the trebia book 22 the disaster of cannae. From the founding of the citybook 1 wikisource, the free. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 16. Livy titus livius, the great roman historian, was born at or near patavium padua in 64 or 59 bce. Perseus books perseus books is a hachette book group company, comprised of the imprints avalon travel, basic books, da capo press, hachette books, publicaffairs, running press, seal press, and westview press.
Click here for more information in addition to valerie warriors crisp, fluent translation of the first five books of livys ab urbe condita, this edition features a general introduction to livy and his work, extensive footofthepage notes offering essential contextual information, and a chronology of events. In splendid style livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of romes past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of rome to greatness. In this book is described the beginning of the second punic war, and how hannibal, the general. In the latin text, a one or two sentence english summary of major events is affixed to each of book ones 60 chapters, giving the reader clear guidance. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 12. Whether it will be worth my while if i write out the full history of the roman nation from the very beginning, i do not know well enough to say and, if i did know, i would not dare to say it, since i may see that the institution of writing such histories has been around a long time and will be well. This leaves us with the periochae as our most important tool to reconstruct the general scope of livy s monumental history of rome.
Ab urbe condita, ab urbe condita libri dritter band buch vibuch x 1 of 42 editions. For i see that this is an oldestablished and a common practice, each fresh writer. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Perseus book group was founded by frank pearl in 1996 and became a part of the hachette book group in 2016. Book xxi summary of book xxi book xxii summary of book xxii. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 1, section 1. Mar 17, 2014 livy wrote a 142 volume history of rome entitled from the foundation of the city. This book provides a useful general introduction to livys life and to his history of rome. The project gutenberg ebook of the history of rome. A fragmentary palimpsest of the 91st book was discovered in the vatican library in 1772, containing about a thousand words, and several papyrus fragments of previously unknown material, much smaller, have been found in egypt since 1900, most recently about 40 words from book 11, unearthed in the 1980s. This book provides a useful general introduction to livy s life and to his history of rome.