A Commentary on Livy Books 41-45

Informationen zum Autor John Briscoe is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. Klappentext This is the fourth and final volume of John Briscoe's commentary on Livy's History of Rome. Books 41-45, the last surviving books, cover the years 178-167 BC and depict the Third Macedonian War which lasted from 171-168 BC, resulting in the destruction of the Macedonian monarchy. Zusammenfassung Livy's History of Rome covers the city's foundation to 9 BC in 142 Books of which only 1-10 and 21-45 survive. This is the fourth and final volume of John Briscoe's commentary on the last fifteen surviving Books of Livy. Books 41-45 cover the years 178-167 BC and deal with the Third Macedonian War which lasted from 171-168 BC, and resulted, as had been the senate's intention, in the destruction of the Macedonian monarchy. Livy's text depends on a single manuscript of late antiquity, which is not only considered as highly corrupt but has also suffered substantial physical losses.The volume's introduction contains a discussion of the causes of and events leading to the outbreak of war, as well as sections on Livy's sources, the text, chronology, and Roman legions in service during the period. Briscoe's final commentary also looks in detail at the historical, textual, linguistic, and stylistic matters of Livy's narrative and eschews the narratological approach of much recent work on Livy.

Product details

• Authors: John Briscoe, Briscoe John
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199216642
• ISBN: 978-0-19-921664-2
• No. of pages: 800
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory