Livy: Book XXI

Book XXI of Livy''s history of Rome is one of the most frequently read either in its entirety or in extracts, for it includes Carthaginian campaigns in Spain and Hannibal''s momentous crossing of the Alps to invade Italy.P.G. Walsh''s edition is designed specifically for use by students at A-Level. The commentary explains points of historical and literary importance, and elucidates grammatical peculiarities and passages of unusual difficulty. The introduction sets Livy in the context of Roman historiography as a whole, and deals in particular with Book XXI. There is a full vocabulary as well as an index of names and illustrative maps and plans.>

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction
Contents
1. Life and Work of Livy
2. Livy as an Historian
3. Livy as Writer and Stylist
4. Livy's Grammar and Syntax
5. The History of the Period
Text
Notes
Vocabulary
Maps

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Product details

• Authors: Livy
• Assisted by: P. Walsh (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780862921781
• ISBN: 978-0-86292-178-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Latin Texts
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval