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020			_a9780140443189
050	0	0	_aDG250 _b.L58213
082	0	0	_a937 LIV
100	0		_aLivy
240	1	0	_aAb urbe condita _n. Liber 31-45 _l. English
245	1	0	_aRome and the Mediterranean _b: books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation _c/ [by] Livy ; translated [from the Latin] by Henry Bettenson ; with an introduction by A. H. McDonald
260			_aHarmondsworth _b: Penguin _c, 1976.
300			_a699 p. _b: maps _c; 18 cm.
490	0		_aThe Penguin classics
500			_aIncludes indexes.
520			_aAfter 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.
600	1	0	_aBettenson, Henry Scowcroft
651		0	_aRome _x--History _y--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
942			_cMO
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