Livy [Titus Livius]
Book XXXVII

(Liber XXXVII, Ab Urbe Condita). Edited with an Introduction, Translation & Commentary by P. G. Walsh.

Together with Book XXXVI, this book traces the history of Rome's war with Antiochus III 191-189 BC. This war 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. There is also detail of Roman political and sacral affairs in 190-189 BC. The Introduction describes the political background and Livy's performance as historian and as literary artist in this book ands the annotations provide the historical commentary, with explanations of the grammar and syntax as well as observations on Livy's literary techniques for students of Latinity. The maps clarify the course of the naval and military operations. There is an apparatus criticus which records variant readings of the text, and an index. Text with facing translation, notes and commentary included. XI,212 Seiten mit vier Karten, Leinen (Classical Texts/Aris & Phillips 1992) textsauber, mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Schutzumschlag stellenweise gebräunt/clean text pages, minor traces of use, dust jacket slightly stained in places