{"product_id":"history-of-rome-volume-v-books-21-22-loeb-classical-library","title":"History of Rome, Volume V: Books 21–22 (Loeb Classical Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRome, from the beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivy (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. Livy’s history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the republican system that had stood for over five hundred years, presents in splendid style a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to achieve and maintain such greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf its 142 books, conventionally divided into pentads and decades, we have 1–10 and 21–45 complete, and short summaries (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eperiochae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) of all the rest except 41 and 43–45; 11–20 are lost, and of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Livy (Author), J. C. Yardley (Translator), Professor Dexter Hoyos (Introduction), \u0026 1 more Format: Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52044771557697,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3087\/9041\/files\/3_e74c1d45-977e-4689-aaf1-d2dfe5b41f79.webp?v=1785576967","url":"https:\/\/www.bookemporium.pk\/products\/history-of-rome-volume-v-books-21-22-loeb-classical-library","provider":"The Book Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}