A Commentary on Livy, Books 38-40

by John Briscoe

Books 38-40 of Livy's History of Rome cover the years 189-179 BC. They contain two famous and much-discussed episodes: the trials of the Scipios, and the so-called Bacchanalian conspiracy. Other notable matters described are the end of the war with the Aetolian League and Manlius Vulso's campaign in Asia Minor, the censorship of the elder Cato, and the fatal quarrel in the Macedonian royal house. This commentary, conceived on the same scale as Briscoe's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199290512
• ISBN13: 9780199290512
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.3"