Livy

Titus Livius

Original title: Ab urbe condita

Also published as: The History Of Rome

first published 1481 Heimeran, 1974 11 pages

Tusculum-Bücherei

"Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state - these and many more stories immortalized by Livy in his history of Rome have become part of our cultural heritage." "The historian's huge work consisted of 142 books which trace Rome's history from its foundation in 753 BC to events in Livy's own lifetime (9 BC). Only 35 books...

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This book in English

B. O. Foster 4 printings we hold · 1919–1929 · Loeb Classical Library
Evan T. Sage 3 printings we hold · 1935–1936 · Loeb Classical Library
F. G. Moore 3 printings we hold · 1940–1949 · Loeb Classical Library
A. C. Schlesinger 2 printings we hold · 1951–1959 · Loeb Classical Library
T. J. Luce 1 printing we hold · 1999 · Oxford University Press, USA
Aubrey de Selincourt 1 printing we hold · 2002 · Penguin Books
B. O. Foste 1 printing we hold · 2005 · Barnes & Noble Books

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Editions we hold

Roman History ebook · 2009 · The Floating Press · 9781775411208
The rise of Rome edition · 2008 · Oxford University Press · 372 pages · 9780199540044
Livy hardcover · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 108 pages · 9780548371961
Livy paperback · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 64 pages · 9780548315088
Livy paperback · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 328 pages · 9780548303818
Livy hardcover · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 328 pages · 9780548361023
The History of Rome (Large Print Edition) paperback · 2006 · BiblioBazaar · 580 pages · 9781426445255
The History of Rome paperback · 2006 · BiblioBazaar · 520 pages · 9781426444579
Jian cheng yi lai shi. edition · 2005 · Shanghai ren min chu ban she · 159 pages
The Early History of Rome paperback · 2005 · Barnes & Noble Books · 453 pages · 9780760770238
Roman History hardcover · 2005 · IndyPublish.com · 228 pages · 9781421924137
The History of Rome hardcover · 2005 · IndyPublish.com · 428 pages · 9781421924854

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