History of Rome, Volume XIV（Loeb Classical Library）

基本信息

Series:Loeb Classical Library

Format:Hardback 720 pages

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Imprint:Harvard University Press

ISBN:9780674997059

Published:30 Jun 2017

Weight:482g

Dimensions:162 x 125 x 36 (mm)

Language:English

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

偉大的羅馬歷史學家李維(Titus Livius)於公元前64年或59年出生於帕多瓦(Patavium, Padua)，在羅馬生活多年後，於公元12或17年去世。

李維的歷史是在奧古斯都(Augustus)的帝國專制統治取代了延續了500多年的共和制度時寫成的，以華麗的風格生動地描述了羅馬從公元前753年或751年的傳統基礎到公元前9年的崛起，闡明瞭實現和保持這樣的偉大所必需的集體和個人美德。

在142本書中，我們只有35本，以及除了兩本之外的其他所有書的簡短總結。在他死後很長一段時間，他的整個作品被劃分為“幾十年”或10個系列。書1-10我們有完整;書11-20已經丟失;21-45卷是完整的，除了41和43-45部分。第四個十卷由兩部分組成:31-35卷敍述了第二次馬其頓戰爭(200-196)及其後果，然後36-40卷講述了從191到180年間，羅馬粉碎和縮小了安條奧庫斯的帝國，以擴展和鞏固對希臘國家的統治。

這個版本取代了原來Evan T. Sage的勒布版本。

Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC where after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17. Livy’s history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the republican system that had stood for over 500 years, presents in splendid style a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to achieve and maintain such greatness.

Of its 142 books, conventionally divided into pentads and decads, we have 1–10 and 21–45 complete, and short summaries (periochae) of all the rest except 41 and 43–45; 11–20 are lost, and of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. The fourth decad comprises two recognizable pentads: Books 31–35 narrate the Second Macedonian War (200–196) and its aftermath, and Books 36–40 cover the years from 191 to 180, when Rome crushed and shrank Antiochus’ empire to extend and consolidate its mastery over the Hellenistic states.

This edition replaces the original Loeb edition by Evan T. Sage.

作者簡介

J. C. Yardley is Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at the University of Ottawa.

Dexter Hoyos is Honorary Associate in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney.