Perseus was the son of zeus and danae, the daughter of acrisius of argos. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 10, chapter 12. The periochae are not the only summary of livy s history.
Books 15 cover the period from romes beginnings to her first great foreign conquest, the capture of the etruscan city of veii and, a few years later, to her first major defeat. Livy titus livius, the great roman historian, was born at or near patavium padua in 64 or 59 bce. Imprints at perseus include avalon travel publishing home to rick steves and the moon guides, basic books, running press, publicaffairs and da capo press. This integrated electronic edition will contain latin texts, english translations, and commentaries, together with links to the extensive lexical and geographical reference material available at perseus. The history of rome roberts 1912 english translation of surviving volumes perseus project. Perseus also has a publishing partnership with the type media center called bold type books. The project gutenberg ebook of the history of rome. It was written in the 1920s so the language is somewhat overly formal and stilted.
You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Ab urbe condita, ab urbe condita libri dritter band buch vibuch x 1 of 42 editions. Translated into english with notes by alfred john church and william jackson brodribb see other formats. The history of rome by titus livius text of the histories title page preface book 1 the earliest legends of rome book 2 the early years of the republic book 3 the decemvirate book 4 the growing power of the plebs book 5 war with veii, destruction of rome by the gauls book 6 reconciliation of the orders 389366 b. Its been a while since we released an official update, but here it is, thanks to indefatigable wrangling of c, perl, apache and many other arcana this summer by walt shandruk. While this is just one project with limited funding, it reflects a larger potential shift for the study of ancient greek and other.
The sourceforge page for the perseus project is located here. New service for authors seeking to selfpublish ebooks. When he began this work he was already past his youth. This leaves us with the periochae as our most important tool to reconstruct the general scope of livy s monumental history of rome. Livys history of rome can be found in english online at a couple of websites. Google books, 1894 free e book translation livy, the history of rome, trans. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The perseus project version 4 also known as perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. The internet classics archive the history of rome by livy. The numbers in the browse by lists represent not physical volumes but works, the texts seen as artistic creations, for example homers iliad, or livy s history of rome. Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. Whilst the war was going on in asia, even aetolia did not remain free from disturbance. Books 15 and the preface here called front matter are here.
Covers the period of romes founding in 753 bc and coming down to livy s own lifetime 9 bc. From the founding of the citybook 38 wikisource, the free. Mar 17, 2014 livy wrote a 142 volume history of rome entitled from the foundation of the city. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for perseus project 97 found 899 total alternate case. Books by livy sorted by popularity project gutenberg. In this book is described the beginning of the second punic war, and how hannibal, the general of. A literal translation, book 21 brodies interleaved classical translations. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 benjamin oliver. Perseus books perseus books is a hachette book group company, comprised of the imprints avalon travel, basic books, da capo press, hachette books, publicaffairs, running press, seal press, and westview press. The project assembles digital collections of humanities resources.
Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, chapter 16. The rise of rome books one to five livy translated and edited by t. The perseus project was one of the great web projects. So the two flew back across the ocean and over the sea to the terrible sisters island. Read the history of rome, livy s rome books 1 to 36 in a single file, in english translation by livy available from rakuten kobo.
Perseus, in greek mythology, the slayer of the gorgon medusa and the rescuer of andromeda from a sea monster. 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 are stories which, immortalized by livy in his history of early rome, have become part of our cultural heritage. Perseus is a marine environmental research project, funded under the eu seventh framework programme, dedicated to supporting policymakers towards better management of the southern european seas, together representing the mediterranean and black sea. The history of rome, books 01 to 08 livy 853 downloads. This translation, the first new english rendering in over forty years, 1 represents another in a series of excellent translations by john yardley y. You can also find livy in the same roberts translation at the perseus site, which can, unfortunately, be a little jerky to load and. Livy s only extant work is part of his history of rome from the foundation of the city to 9 bce.
It claims to provide a translation for every word of the history, which is a fantastic idea and, done properly, would be very useful indeed. Amazon price new from used from paperback, 1940 please retry. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21, summary. In the latin text, a one or two sentence english summary of major events is affixed to each of book ones 60 chapters, giving the reader clear guidance about what to look out for in each section of the text. Then one day dictyss brother, who happened to be king in those parts, took a fancy to danae and pressed his attentions upon her. Perseus project texts loaded under philologic final season for philologic 3, summer 2018. After the expulsion of amynander, the country was held down by the governors whom philip had established and provided with troops, and their arbitrary and lawless rule made the people feel keenly the disappearance of their king. It includes books 21 30 and is a well written translation. After inspecting the books of fate they informed the senate that the vow which had been made to mars in view of that war had not been duly discharged, and that it must be discharged afresh and on a much greater scale. Unfortunately as of july 1st 1998 it will begin to charge for access. In the mirror of the shield, he saw the creature with great wings and bodies covered with golden scales and hair a mass of twisting snakes.
This book provides a useful general introduction to livy s life and to his history of rome. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg. If youd like to immediately browse works, editions, or translations, take a look at the limiting fields to the right. If you have any questions about the perseus project texts in the internet classics archive, including the perseus project notice, please consult the help pages.
Livy s only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. To search, please enter your query in the search box above. The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient rome, written in latin between 27 and 9 bc by the historian titus livius, or livy, as he is usually known in english. Thus perseus had the advantage of a pure and simple role model as he grew to young manhood. Livy was abridged, in antiquity, to an epitome, which survives for book 1, but was itself abridged in the fourth century into the socalled periochae, which is simply a list of contents.
The complete livy in english, available in five volumes. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for. Now, perseus was ready for the gorgons and hermes knew where they lived. The project is mirrored by the max planck society in berlin. The periochae survive for the entire work, except for books 6 and 7. There are several aspects of perseus that need serious attention.
Livy did not belong to the inner circle of romes first emperor, nor was he a protege of maecenas, but the historian and the emperor respected each other and we know that augustus once perhaps after the publication of books 91105 made a goodnatured joke that livy still was a supporter of pompey, the enemy of caesar. I am writing to report that the perseus digital library had the honor of receiving support for an neh digital humanities level 3 project. This new annotated translation includes maps and an index and is based on r. The perseus books group has created a distribution and marketing service that will allow authors to selfpublish their own e books, the company said on sunday. Livy s account of the second punic war 219218201 b. Perseus book group was founded by frank pearl in 1996 and became a part of the hachette book group in 2016. You leave my mother alone, insisted perseus, clenching a notinsubstantial fist.
In splendid style livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of romes past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of rome to greatness. The history of rome, books 09 to 26 livy 182 downloads. The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of aeneas and the refugees from the fall of troy, to the. Type in any latin word and the tool will parse and translate it for you. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 perseus. Does a website exist where i can find ancient greek or. If youre looking for a cheaper way to read livy then id suggest getting the penguin classics edition.
This leaves us with the periochae as our most important tool to reconstruct the general scope of livy s. Electronic texts and resources the stoa and the perseus project will be collaborating on a new electronic edition of suetoniuss lives of the caesars. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Digital editions in practice, a twoday workshop may 31june 1, 2019. Livy s history of rome can be found in english online at a couple of websites. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest. Provided by the perseus project, this translation of livy has links on this page to original latin and several english translations. Once, bizarrely, half a sentence was missing in one of the books of livy ive completely forgotten which one. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 benjamin oliver foster, ph. The history of rome, books 27 to 36 livy 151 downloads.
The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita is a monumental history of ancient rome, written in latin between 27 and 9 bc by the historian titus livius, or livy, as he is usually known in english. Books by livy sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by livy sorted by popularity. No copies of original source text exist book 21 from saguntum to the trebia book 22 the disaster of cannae book 23 hannibal at capua book 24 the revolution in syracuse book 25 the fall of syracuse book 26 the fate of capua book 27 scipio in spain book 28 final conquest in spain. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Beyond translation new possibilities for reading in a digital age. The history of rome, books 37 to the end livy 65 downloads. This page will try, however, to keep a running account of alternate sources for the texts, either originals or translations, on the perseus site. Ab urbe condita, livy books xxi and xxv the second punic war 1 of 23 translations. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. Project gutenberg offers 61,679 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. The history of rome, livys rome books 1 to 36 in a single. The grittier, more basic texty version faster to load has been posted by the university of virginia and uses the 1905 translation by the reverend canon roberts.
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