Hannibal's War Books 21-30 (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Livy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199555974 ISBN 13: 9780199555970

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!'

Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, which sparked the war, and the Carthaginian leader's famous march with elephants over the Alps into Italy. Livy's gripping story-telling vividly conveys the drama of the great battles, the disastrous encounters at Trasimene and Cannae, and the final confrontation between Hannibal and the youthful Scipio Africanus. Individuals as well as events are brought powerfully to life, as the long course of the Second Punic War unfolds.

This new translation captures the brilliance of Livy's style, and is accompanied by a fascinating introduction and notes.
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About this title

Review:

...has long been recognised as 'one of the most outstanding narratives in ancient historiography'. (John John Jacobs, Yale University)

'Altogether, Yardley and Hoyos have collaborated to produce what will now become the authoritative English rendering of Livy 21-30. Yardley's exemplary translation strikes the right balance between a strict fidelity to the syntax of the Latin and the need to explain what Livy means while translating him.' (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

About the Author:

J.C. Yardley is Professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa. Previous translations include Livy's The Dawn of the Roman Empire, and A History of Alexander the Great, by Quintus Curtius Rufus. Dexter Hoyos is Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History at Sydney University.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199555974
• ISBN 13: 9780199555970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800
• Editor: Hoyos Dexter