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Lädt ... Rome's Italian Wars: Books 6-10 (Oxford World's Classics)von Titus Livius
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Livy’s second pentad has not seen a new English translation since Betty Radice’s outstanding Penguin translation of 1982. However, Stephen Oakley’s magisterial commentary has so improved our understanding of these books and the remarkable output of the past three decades of such scholars as Cornell, Raaflaub, Forsythe, Smith, Mitchell, and others has done so much to advance our thinking on Rome in the years covered in them that a new translation with notes is overdue. The completion of the Oxford World’s Classics Livy collection is, therefore, most welcome. This team is ideally suited to the task. J. C. Yardley is a prolific translator, including Tacitus’ Annals and two other volumes of Livy for the same series, among others. The introduction and notes were authored by Dexter Hoyos, who has made many indispensable contributions to the study of Carthage and Mid-Republican Rome.
"Here is a superb new translation of Books 6 to 10 of Livy's monumental history of Rome, covering the period when Rome, in a series of ever greater wars, imposed mastery over virtually the entire Italian peninsula. Livy paints vivid portraits of all the notable figures, such as young Manlius Torquatus, victor in a David-versus-Goliath duel with a Gallic chieftain, and Appius Claudius who built Rome's first major highway, the Appian Way. Livy's blend of factual narrative and imaginative recreation brings to life a key moment in the rise of Rome, and the one complete account we have, as the city passes from the mists of legend into the light of history. J. C. Yardley's translation gives a vivid sense of the energy, variety, and literary skill of Livy's great work. Dexter Hoyos's Introduction sets Livy in the context of Roman historiography and deftly explains why this period was so critical an era for the rise of Rome. The most up-to-date edition, drawing on the latest scholarship, this major work of Roman literature and history includes comprehensive notes that clarify problems of historical content, topography, and chronology, a detailed glossary of Roman technical terms, an appendix on the Roman legion of the time, and two maps."--Publisher's website. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)937.01History and Geography Ancient World Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Kings 753-509 B.C.Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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What I want, however, is the internal politics, the plebeians vs the patricians, the reflections on morality and immorality. There's just a lot less of that here, and, presumably, a lot less of that in the rest of Livy that we have. Sad for me. Great for people who want to know about war.
*: where 'war' means not events like the world wars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, or revolutionary wars, or civil wars--when I say 'war,' I just mean clashes between two armies with different material interests. ( )