{"product_id":"history-of-rome-volume-v-by-livy-9780674996946","title":"History of Rome, Volume V","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLivy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC, where after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLivy's history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the republican system that had stood for over 500 years, presents in splendid style a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC. It illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to achieve and maintain such greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf its 142 books, conventionally divided into pentads and decads, we have 1–10 and 21–45 complete, and short summaries (\u003ci\u003eperiochae\u003c\/i\u003e) of all the rest except 41 and 43–45. Books 11–20 are lost, and of the remainder, only fragments and the summaries remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe third decad constitutes our fullest surviving account of the momentous Second Punic (or Hannibalic) War and comprises two recognizable pentads. Books 21–25 narrate the run-up to conflict and Rome's struggles in its first phase, with Hannibal dominant; Books 26–30 relate Rome's revival and final victory, as the focus shifts to Scipio Africanus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition replaces the original Loeb edition by B. O. Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000636752108,"sku":"9780674996946","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8471343482428.jpg?v=1763292068","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/history-of-rome-volume-v-by-livy-9780674996946","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}