Scipio Africanus
By Livy
1934
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With action moving from Spain to Africa, Livy offers a lively account of the exploits of a brilliant leader, making this a valuable book for scholars and students. Introductory material, photographs, and diagrams set the stage for Livy's writing, which is supplemented with extensive notes and vocabulary.
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Author
Livy
Author · 15 books
Titus Livius (Patavinus) (64 or 59 BC – AD 17)—known as Livy in English, and Tite-Live in French—was a Roman historian who 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 Augustus in Livy's own time. He was on familiar terms with the Julio-Claudian dynasty, advising Augustus' grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, as a young man not long before 14 AD in a letter to take up the writing of history. Livy and Augustus' wife, Livia, were from the same clan in different locations, although not related by blood.
