Livy's 142-volume history of Rome is one of the high points of
ancient historical writing; but three-quarters of that history is
lost, known only from indirect sources such as epitomes and
quotations. D. S. Levene's Livy: The Fragments and Periochae
provides a text, translation, and commentary on all of the
surviving 'para-Livian' material from antiquity. This includes the
various epitomes and 'fragments' (quotations from or references to
the lost books), but it also covers citations from the surviving
books and all testimonia to Livy's life, work, and readership
between his death in A.D. 17 and the end of classical antiquity
(approximately A.D. 650). This collection of material provides the
fullest account ever developed of the reputation of Livy in
antiquity and the way he was used and read by later writers.
Through it, Levene explores an important but under-studied aspect
of the intellectual life of the Roman world. This second volume
contains the first part of the Periochae, the fullest surviving
epitome of Livy's history. The text has been newly translated and
reedited with a new scholarly apparatus; there is also a full
literary, textual and historical commentary. The volume's extensive
introduction offers the fullest ever study of the Periochae as a
literary text, with new evidence for the nature of the text and the
circumstances of its writing.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Volume editors: |
D.S. Levene
(Professor of Classics)
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
816 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-287123-7 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-19-287123-4 |
Barcode: |
9780192871237 |
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