PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. FOR JAMES THORNTON, OXFORD Cambridge: J. HALL & SON Edinburgh: MACLACHLAN & STEWART THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH BOOKS OF LIVY'S HISTORY OF ROME A Literal Translation FROM THE TEXT OF MADVIG WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, SUMMARY TO EACH BOOK AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY A FIRST-CLASSMAN HAR 80 GOOL CIANA Orford JAMES THORNTON, HIGH STREET 1879 2gb. f. 17. PREFACE. THIS TRANSLATION is intended especially for Passmen at Moderations, and is literal, but, I hope, not slavishly so. The Introduction is meant to give such an account of the political condition of Rome, both with regard to foreign and to home affairs, as is necessary for understanding the history of the period, but does not profess to enter into elaborate details. I have added a few words on Livy's authorities, but have not thought it necessary to discuss at length his trustworthiness as an historian: a difficult question, and one hardly falling within the requirements of those students for whom the book is intended. In compiling the notes, I have chiefly made use of the commentaries of Drakenborch, Stroth and Doering, Raschig, and Prendeville; but have very seldom noticed variations of reading. OXFORD: October 1879. |