A Commentary on Livy

John Briscoe (Editor)

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Author
John Briscoe (Editor)
Publish Date
1990-04-26
Subtitle
Books XXXI-XXXIII
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
378
Publisher Name
Clarendon Press
ISBN-10
0198147384
ISBN-13
9780198147381
citemno
271243
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780198147381

Description

Books XXI-XXXIII of Livy cover the period of the second Macedonian War, the critical years that marked the beginning of Rome's domination of the Hellenistic world. This new paperback edition of Briscoe's standard commentary is largely historical, yet attends also to matters of style. Briscoe provides introductory sections that contain discussions of Livy's use of his sources, his language and style, the speeches, the political situation in Rome at the time of the the Second Macedonian War, and Livy's account of the origins of the war.