CONTENTS
Preface
Maps
INTRODUCTION
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Abbreviations
COMMENTARY
Apparatus Criticus
Indexes
Livy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas
of the English speaking world. The more popular books studied
are those which recount the early history of Rome and the more
noteworthy events of the Second Punic War; but there is a good
case for examining the Romans' attitudes in the early years of
their involvement in Greece and Asia, for these are crucial for
an understanding of the development of Roman imperialism. The
period covered by these five books, from the war against Antiochus
the Great to the death of Philip V of Macedon, is of increasing
interest to students of Hellenistic Greece and Roman imperialism,
and should therefore increasingly interest university departments
and Examination Boards seeking to break away from the conventional
choices of the first and third decades. This is the only modern
edition in English of these books.
BOOKS
XXXVI (191 BC) includes the declaration and early course of
the war against Antiochus of Syria. Students of this book will
encounter T. Quinctius Flamininus, the greatest and most charismatic
Roman figure in the decades following the Second Punic War. 144pp.
(1990) cl 523 2 £35 / $59.99, pb 524 0 £13.25 / $22
XXXVII (191189 BC) This war with Antiochus and its outcome signalled the beginning of Roman influence in Asia and the eventual expansion of her empire to the Euphrates. The details of the naval operations in the Aegean and the land-fighting are contained in this book, together with the preliminary settlement which preceded the formal terms of peace declared at Apamea. 224pp. (1992) cl 573 9 £35 / $59.99, pb 574 7 £16.50 / $28
XXXVIII (189187 BC) is of particular historical importance. The contents divide into two parts; first, the final settlements with Greece and Asia, following the war against Antiochus the Great and the Aetolians; and second, the beginnings of Roman internal discord, with the dispute over the triumph of Manlius Volso, and as climax, the trials of the Scipios. 224pp. (1993) cl 598 4 £35 / $59.99, pb 599 2 £16.50 / $28
XXXIX (187183 BC) the interval between the war with Antiochus and the Third Macedonian War. Livy devotes closer attention than previously to Roman expansion in northern Italy and to warfare in Spain, but the greater part of the book is concerned with domestic affairs, especially the celebrated episodes of the Bacchanalia and the censorship of Porcius Cato. The book also records in detail the deaths of Hannibal and Philopoemen. 208pp. (1994) cl 625 5 £35 / $59.99, pb 626 3 £16.50 / $28
XL (182179 BC) focusses on the renewed threat to Rome from Macedon: the rivalry between Philip's two sons, Perseus and Demetrius culminating in the murder of Demetrius, and Philip's physical decline following this, offer the historian stirring themes. The campaigns in Spain and in northern Italy in which Fulvius Flaccus and Sempronius Gracchus in Spain, and Aemilius Paulus in Liguria, are prominent. The domestic controversies include the election to the censorship of sworn enemies, Aemilius Lepidus and Fulvius Nobilior, and the popular agitation which compelled them to work in harmony together. 208pp. (1996) cl 672 7 £35 / $59.99, pb 673 5 £16.50 / $28
Complete 5 vols set price: cl £140 / $240, pb £55 / $95
P.G. Walsh is professor emeritus of Humanity (Latin) at the University of Glasgow. Amongst his many publications are William of Newburgh, History of English Affairs.
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