Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 28, chapter 3. Nov 26, 2001 perseus digital library summary includes a large database of images coins, vases, sculpture, greek and latin texts and translations, resources for textual studies, and english word searches of the texts. That circumstance in itself, they said, would afford grounds for incriminating the young man. The perseus digital library is a partner and supporter of open greek and latin, an international collaboration committed to creating an open educational resource featuring a corpus of digital texts, deepreading tools, and opensource software. Livy titus livius, the great roman historian, was born at patavium padua in 64 or 59 bc where after years in rome he died in ad 12 or 17. The lex poetelia papiria was a law passed in ancient rome that abolished the contractual form of nexum, or debt bondage. The numbers in the browse by lists represent not physical volumes but works, the texts seen as artistic creations, for example homers iliad, or livy s history of rome. If youre looking for a cheaper way to read livy then id suggest getting the penguin classics edition. Accordingly, in the spirit of james loebs original vision to make the beauty and learning, the philosophy and wit of the great writers of ancient greece and rome once more accessible at a time when they are sorely needed, the trustees of the loeb classical library and harvard university press announce that subscriptions to the digital loeb classical library are made free to schools. In book vi, polybius describes the political, military, and moral institutions that allowed the.
The volsci were among the most dangerous enemies of ancient rome, and frequently allied with the aequi, whereas their neighbors, the hernici, were allied with rome after 486 bce. When he began this work he was already past his youth. In italy the consul marcellus recovered salapia, which was betrayed to him, and gained forcible possession of two places belonging to the samnites marmoreae and heles. The perseus project also known as the perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. The history of rome by titus livius, with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books, literally translated, with notes and illustrations. Over a century ago, james loeb announced the founding of the loeb classical library and his intention to bring the written treasures of the ancient greek and roman world within the reach of all who care for the finer things in life.
Nevertheless, perseus is a valuable resource for more general studies of history and historical methods both for the range of information it presents and for the tools it provides. The project gutenberg ebook of the history of rome. Livy, ab urbe condita, text from the perseus digital library. The texts were originally digitized by the perseus digital library and further developed by the tesserae project crane, 1996. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. The debtor pledged his person as collateral should he default on his loan. Livy s books from the foundation of the city latin. Nexum was a form of mancipatio, a symbolic transfer of rights that involved a set of scales, copper weights, and a formulaic oath. Livy ab urbe condita books xxxvixl, oxford 1999, isbn 0198146647. The initial version of the scaife digital library viewer must support searching and reading of the open greek and latin collection within a new version of perseus perseus 5.
An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Kindle, 657 kb, this is an ebook formatted for amazon kindle devices. History of rome, volume vi livy harvard university press. From the departure of the divine marcus featuring book iv of the histories, digitized, from the world digital library. Book xxi summary of book xxi book xxii summary of book xxii. In splendid style livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of romes past, presented an uncritical but clear and. Ab urbe condita, ab urbe condita libri dritter band buch vibuch x 1 of 42 editions. Lex poetelia papiria project gutenberg selfpublishing. The periochae are not the only summary of livy s history. To search, please enter your query in the search box above. Servius had been summoned by a breathless messenger, and arrived on the scene while tarquin was speaking. Perseus digital library perseus digital library includes lexica, a morphological database, catalog of hundreds of vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and architectural sites, an atlas of greece with satellite maps, a historical encyclopedia, works of literature, and many other resources. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1 perseus.
In 1993, perseus moved to tufts university where the digital library has lived ever since. Read more about the sites features dionysius of halicarnassus was born before 53 bce and went to italy before 29 bce. As perseus project, aa perseus digital library is a projekt zum afbau vo ana frein digitaln bibliothek. For health reasons he has recently passed the maintenance of the library to someone new who will continue it in the same spirit. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. Mellon foundations scholarly communications program funds the project, and the university of oklahoma hosts it we use the word library to describe our project because that words many. In splendid style livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of romes past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of rome to greatness. Livy was born in patavium in northern italy, now modern padua. A sudden raid by the auruncans led to a war with that people.
Search for abbreviation meaning, word to abbreviate, or lists of abbreviations. If youd like to immediately browse works, editions, or translations, take a look at the limiting fields to the right. Like the poet virgil, livy benefited from the patronage of the emperor augustus, and the early part of his history deals with the same legendary origins as virgils aeneid. Roman antiquities, volume i dionysius of halicarnassus. Digital editions in practice, a twoday workshop may 31june 1, 2019. It was written in the 1940s so the language is somewhat overly formal and stilted. The representation of geographic, archaeological and art historical data poses many of the same issues, whatever the culture at hand. National endowment for the humanities 400 7th street, sw washington, dc 20506. Type in any latin word and the tool will parse and translate it for you. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 28, chapter 25. As soon as he reached the vestibule, he exclaimed in loud tones, what is the meaning of this, tarquin.
Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. It includes books 2 and is a well written translation. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. Perseus digital library national endowment for the. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about. Book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii.
Ab urbe condita libri, often referred to as the history of rome, is a monumental work written in the late first century bc. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Livy s only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 perseus. From the founding of the city wikisource, the free library.
Ab urbe condita librioften shortened to ab urbe conditais a monumental history of ancient rome in latin begun sometime between 27 and 25 bc by the historian titus livius, known in english as livy. Whether this was in consequence of a decree of the senate, or simply the prompting of womanly fear, i am unable to ascertain, but at all events they succeeded in inducing the aged veturia to go with volumnia and her two little sons to the enemies camp. Livy from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia jump to navigation jump to search this article is a. The latin title can be literally translated as books since the citys founding. The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of aeneas and the refugees from the fall of troy, to the citys. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1, chapter pr. This book completes scipios conquest of carthaginian spain and goes up to hannibals defeat at the battle of zama. Marcus featuring book iv of the histories, digitized, from the world digital library. After inspecting the books of fate they informed the senate that the vow which had been made to mars in view of that war had not been duly discharged, and that it must be discharged afresh and on a much greater. As his material became more complex, however, he abandoned this symmetrical pattern and wrote 142 books. They give an account of the war with perseus king of macedonia, who gains several. The numbers in the browse by lists represent not physical volumes but works, the texts seen as artistic creations, for example homers iliad, or livys history of.
History of rome, volume viii livy harvard university press. Ab urbe condita, books 2830 english logos bible software. For the last few years we have been laboring to bring the perseus digital library into the next generation of digital environments, freeing the data it offers for others to easily use, reuse, and improve upon, while continuing to offer highly curated, contextualized and optimized views of the data for the public, students and researchers. History of rome, volume i livy harvard university press. The perseus digital library at tufts university will host a twoday workshop that provides an overview of a sample, practical digital editions creation workflow. In mcdevitte, william a the history of rome by titus livius, with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books, literally translated, with notes and illustrations. Nexum was a debt bondage contract in the early roman republic. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.
So far as it can be reconstructed, the shape of the history is as follows books 1120 and 46142. Perseus digital library the digital classicist wiki. In april 20, the perseus digital library joined forces with the open greek and latin project at the university of leipzig. Nexum was abolished by the lex poetelia papiria in 326 bc. This people who were at that time in possession of ardea, were, considering the nature of their country and the age in which they lived, exceptionally wealthy. Polybius was a greek historian of the hellenistic period noted for his work the histories, which. Livy titus livius, the great roman historian, was born at or near patavium padua in 64 or 59 bce. Perseus project word study tools tools for searching the perseus collection, looking up englishtolatin or greek terms and dictionary entries, studying individual words, generating. The digital loeb classical library extends the founding mission of james loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in greek and latin literature. The main focus of the volume is the war with hannibal and the rise of scipio. For more than twenty years, the latin library has been a labor of love for its maintainer, william l. Perseus was intensely annoyed, but his wiser friends were delighted. Like the poet virgil, livy benefited from the patronage of the emperor augustus, and the early part of. Fears were entertained that more than one city was concerned in this, that in fact it had been planned by the entire latin league.
You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. The perseus digital library first got on the web in 1995, and has been steadily growing and evolving. Ab urbe condita, books 12 latin logos bible software. The digital latin library dll is a joint project of the society for classical studies, the medieval academy of america, and the renaissance society of america. This leaves us with the periochae as our most important tool to reconstruct the general scope of livy s monumental history of rome. Then the matrons went in a body to veturia, the mother of coriolanus, and volumnia his wife.
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