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Roman History. The History of Rome from Its Foundation. Book V

Roman History. The History of Rome from Its Foundation. Book V

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Product Code:
399-01
ISBN
978-954-321-451-8
SKU
09.0265
Year
21-05-2008
Translation
from Latin: Vladimir Atanasov
Pages
256
Size
130/200 мм
Weight
0.231 kg
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Antiquity

Titus Livy

Titus Livy

Titus Livius Patavinus (64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17) – often rendered as Titus Livy, or simply Livy, in English language sources – was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of August…

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The History of Rome originally comprised 142 books, thirty-five of which—Books 1-10 with the Preface and Books 21-45—still exist in reasonably complete form. Damage to a manuscript of the 5th century resulted in large gaps (lacunae) in Books 41 and 43-45 (small lacunae exist elsewhere); that is, the material is not covered in any source of Livy's text.

A fragmentary palimpsest of the 91st book was discovered in the Vatican Library in 1772, containing about a thousand words (roughly three paragraphs), 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 1986.

Some passages are nevertheless known thanks to quotes from ancient authors, the most famous being on the death of Cicero, quoted by Seneca the Elder.

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