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Rome and the Mediterranean : books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation / [by] Livy ; translated [from the Latin] by Henry Bettenson ; with an introduction by A. H. McDonald

By:

Livy

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Penguin classicsPublication details: Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1976.Description: 699 p. : maps ; 18 cmISBN:

9780140443189

Uniform titles:

Ab urbe condita . Liber 31-45 . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

937 LIV

LOC classification:

DG250 .L58213

Summary: After the decisive defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War (218-201), Rome faced a series of challenges from the East - to emerge as master of the Mediterranean in 167 B.C. It is Livy who, by the sheer power of his historical imagination, creates from the bald and often inaccurate sources an enthralling narrative, full of drama and colour, compelling personalities and magnificent oratory.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	937 LIV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		039759

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After the decisive defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War (218-201), Rome faced a series of challenges from the East - to emerge as master of the Mediterranean in 167 B.C. It is Livy who, by the sheer power of his historical imagination, creates from the bald and often inaccurate sources an enthralling narrative, full of drama and colour, compelling personalities and magnificent oratory.

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