Livy s books from the foundation of the city latin. One of his works was a summary of world history in ancient greek, termed the chronikon, dating from the early 4th century ad. For health reasons he has recently passed the maintenance of the library to someone new who will continue it in the same spirit. The history of rome, book 1 the history of rome book 1 by. The reader then returns to the annotation in the archaeology of reading. 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. Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. Perseus digital library national endowment for the. The palm in this competition of wifely virtue was awarded to lucretia. Scipio, aided by masinissa, defeats the carthaginians, syphax and hasdrubal, in several battles.
Of the fifth decade, the first five books only remain, and these very imperfect. For more than twenty years, the latin library has been a labor of love for its maintainer, william l. Publisher includes bibliographical references pages xxviixxx and index print version record electronic reproduction. 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. Lex poetelia papiria project gutenberg selfpublishing. Digital library federation, december 2002 digitized 2010 romes mediterranean empire book fortyone book fortytwo book fortythree book fortyfour book fortyfive the periochae.
History of rome, volume i livy harvard university press. Search for abbreviation meaning, word to abbreviate, or lists of abbreviations. Lysias 1 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. The release is, of course, a first step, but this first step changes the world in at least two fundamental ways. Diodorus siculus the library of history lacuscurtius diodorus. In 1993, perseus moved to tufts university where the digital library has lived ever since. History of rome,volume v, books 2122 loeb classical library no. Perseus digital library titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 30 book xxx.
Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. 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. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1, chapter pr. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. Ab urbe condita libri, often referred to as the history of rome, is a monumental work written in the late first century bc. Of its 142 books, we have just 35, and short summaries of all the rest except two. Epitome of the philippic history of pompeius trogus.
A history of the great rebellion in the united states of america, 186065. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Livys 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. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to. 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. It is the only paperback edition to include the periochae, the summaries of livys entire 142 books, previously available in english only in loebs hardcover series. Similarly, livys history, books 110, is 159,2 words long but contains only 8,735. Fulltext primary sources greek, latin, epigraphy, papyrology. The history of rome, book 30 by titus livius is available under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Books by language additional collections journal of materials engineering. So, for example, while a traditional reference to book 1 line 1 in homers iliad as cited in literature might be hom il. The periochae survive for the entire work, except for books 6 and 7. When he began this work he was already past his youth. Petrarch and pope nicholas v launched a search for the now missing books.
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 rome. Livy, ab urbe condita, text from the perseus digital library. Herodotus the great greek historian was born about 484 bce, at halicarnassus in caria, asia minor, when it was subject to the persians. Regarding the perseus catalogs data and how it is created. Works by livy at librivox public domain audiobooks lendering, jona 20062009. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. She welcomed the arrival of her husband and the tarquins, while her victorious spouse courteously invited the royal princes to remain as his guests. Sextus tarquinius, inflamed by the beauty and exemplary purity of lucretia, formed the vile project of effecting her dishonour. Livy was abridged, in antiquity, to an epitome, which survives for book 1, but was itself abridged in the fourth century into the socalled. 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. We are pleased to announce two new perseus catalog wikis.
Book 1 this document search for all inflected forms search for amo. 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. 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. The perseus digital library at tufts university will host a twoday workshop that provides an overview of a sample, practical digital editions creation workflow. First of all, then, it is generally agreed that when troy was taken vengeance was wreaked upon the other trojans, but that two, aeneas and antenor, were spared. 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. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain. Some of the greek text is online at perseus, in a mix of three editions. Ab urbe condita, books 34 latin logos bible software. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1, chapter 1. 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. He travelled widely in most of asia minor, egypt as far as assuan, north africa, syria, the country north of the black sea, and many parts.
Vocabulary building in the perseus digital library jstor. If youd like to immediately browse works, editions, or translations, take a look at the limiting fields to the right. To search, please enter your query in the search box above. 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. If you like the commentary, please consider recommending the volume to someone else. The history of rome, book 1 the history of rome book 1 by titus livius is available under a creative commons 3. 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. Ab urbe condita, livy books xxi and xxv the second punic war 1 of 23 translations. Ab urbe condita, ab urbe condita libri dritter band buch vibuch x 1 of 42 editions. Digital master created according to benchmark for faithful digital reproductions of monographs and serials, version 1. 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. On march 15, eldarion released the initial version of the scaife digital library viewer. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Mellon foundations scholarly communications program funds the project, and the university of oklahoma hosts it.
National endowment for the humanities 400 7th street, sw washington, dc 20506. They give an account of the war with perseus king of macedonia, who gains several. In the first book of herodotus histories, the athenian statesman solon. The history of rome, book 1 by titus livius is available under a creative commons. In oxyrhynchus, a similar summary of books 3740 and 4855 was found on a roll of papyrus that is now in the british museum. 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. Contains texts from the beginning of latin literature livius andronicus, 240 bc through to the texts of.
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. Editions of horace and virgil available through the perseus digital library. Like the poet virgil, livy benefited from the patronage of the emperor augustus, and the early part of. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1 rev.
Digital editions in practice, a twoday workshop may 31june 1, 2019. As perseus project, aa perseus digital library is a projekt zum afbau vo ana frein digitaln bibliothek. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Chapter 9 from book 1 of livys history of rome, with multiple translations and resources as it appears in the perseus digital library. The history of rome by titus livius, with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books, literally translated, with notes and illustrations. We will be performing some maintenance to the catalog today which will ultimately result in many new records and some interface improvements. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into decades or series of ten. In april 20, the perseus digital library joined forces with the open greek and latin project at the university of leipzig. Livy was abridged, in antiquity, to an epitome, which survives for book 1, but was itself abridged in the fourth century into the socalled periochae, which is simply a list of contents. Whether the task i have undertaken of writing a complete history of the roman people from the very commencement of its existence will reward me for the. The contents of the print books are mirrored in the digital library. He wrote a monumental history of rome and the roman people, ab urbe condita libri books from the foundation of the city, covering the period from the earliest legends of rome before the traditional foundation in 753 bc through the reign of. A library of materials pertaining to ancient greece, which is expanding to include resources on ancient rome. The loeb classical library edition of livy is in fourteen volumes.
Whether in tracing the history of the roman people, from the foundation of the city, i shall employ myself to a useful purpose, i am neither very certain, nor, if i. The history of rome, book 1 the history of rome book 1. What sets the latin library apart in the digital latin landscape, if anything, is its prominence. View notes the history of rome, book 1 from history 326 at university of maryland, university college. Book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1 perseus. The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita is a monumental history. The temple of the ephesian diana was famous at that time, and it was.
Titus livius simply rendered as livy in english was a roman historian. The perseus digital library first got on the web in 1995, and has been steadily growing and evolving. Livy s only extant work is part of his history of rome from the foundation of the city to 9 bce. The latin title can be literally translated as books since the citys founding. A work can span multiple volumes or a single volume could contain multiple works. Brills new jacoby online presents a completely new edition of jacobybyword for one of the fundamental modern sources. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help.
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