From the Founding of the City

From the Founding of the City  (1905)  by Livy, translated by Canon Roberts

Translated by Rev. Canon Roberts (1905); epitomes translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus Edmonds (1868)

Contents

• Preface
• Book 1: The Earliest Legends of Rome
• Book 2: The Early Years of the Republic
• Book 3: The Decemvirate
• Book 4: The Growing Power of the Plebs
• Book 5: War with Veii, Destruction of Rome by the Gauls
• Book 6: Reconciliation of the Orders (389-366 B.C.)
• Book 7: Frontier Wars (366-341 B.C.)
• Book 8: First Samnite War, Settlement of Latium (341-321 B.C.)
• Book 9: Second Samnite War (321-304 B.C.)
• Book 10: Third Samnite War (303-293 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 11 (292-284 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 12 (283-281 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 13 (280-278 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 14 (277-272 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 15 (271-267 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 16 (264-261 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 17 (260-257 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 18 (256-250 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 19 (250-241 B.C.)
  • Epitome of Book 20 (240-219 B.C.)
• Book 21: From Saguntum to the Trebia
• Book 22: The Disaster of Cannae
• Book 23: Hannibal at Capua
• Book 24: The Revolution in Syracuse
• Book 25: The Fall of Syracuse
• Book 26: The Fate of Capua
• Book 27: Scipio in Spain
• Book 28: The Final Conquest of Spain
• Book 29: Scipio in Africa
• Book 30: Close of the Hannibalic War
• Book 31: Rome and Macedon
• Book 32: The Second Macedonian War
• Book 33: The Second Macedonian War
• Book 34: Close of the Macedonian War
• Book 35: Antiochus in Greece
• Book 36: War Against Antiochus - First Stage
• Book 37: Final Defeat of Antiochus
• Book 38: Arraignment of Scipio Africanus
• Book 39: The Bacchanalia in Rome and Italy
• Book 40: Perseus and Demetrius
• Book 41: Perseus and the States of Greece
• Book 42: The Third Macedonian War
• Book 43: The Third Macedonian War
• Book 44: Pydna and the Fall of Macedonia
• Book 45: Rome stabilizes the East
• Books 46-142 are lost; an epitome offsite

Epitomes

Large portions of Livy's history are now lost, but some idea of their contents can be found in epitomes or abridgments, such as:

• Florus, Epitome of Roman History - 2nd century summary of Roman wars, based largely on Livy
• Perochiae - 4th century Latin epitome, which preserves Livy's book divisions
• Eutropius, Abridgement of Roman History - 4th century, based largely on Livy
• Spanish translation (source www.livius.org) Periochae Períocas Traducción al castellano