Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X: Volume I: Introduction and Book VI

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  • ISBN 9780198152774
  • Weight: 1158g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Apr 1999
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Books VI-X of Livy's history of Rome describe the beginnings of Rome's conquest of Italy in the fourth century BC and contain some of Livy's finest writing. This is the first full-scale, scholarly commentary to be written on this part of the history in modern times. The first of three volumes, this book contains an extensive introduction and the commentary to Book VI. The introduction provides a full analysis of the Roman annalistic tradition, of Livy's style and narrative technique, and of the manuscript tradition; the commentary devotes equal attention to historical, literary, linguistic, and textual matters. The remaining two volumes, which are forthcoming, will deal with Books VII-VIII and IX-X respectively. An indispensable work of reference for anyone interested in Latin literature and early Roman history, as well as for scholars of Livy himself, these three volumes represent a major new contribution to Latin scholarship.

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