Rome's Mediterranean Empire: Books 41-45 and the Periochae

by Livy

'I will do as the Senate decrees.'

These words from one of Rome's opponents encapsulate the authority Rome achieved by its subjugation of the Mediterranean. The Third Macedonian War, recounted in this volume, ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's eventual dominance. For Livy, the story is also a fascinating moral study of the vices and virtues that hampered and promoted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556024
• ISBN13: 9780199556021
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"