The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of aeneas and the refugees from the fall of troy, to the citys. This listing is to aid compilers of web guides to online books, etc. Apr 09, 2018 works by this author published before january 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. Ab urbe condita libri often shortened to ab urbe condita is a monumental history of ancient rome written in latin sometime between 27 and 25 bc 1 by the historian titus livius, known in english as livy. Beyond translation new possibilities for reading in a digital age. Livy was abridged, in antiquity, to an epitome, which survives for book 1, but was itself abridged in the fourth century into the socalled periochae, which is simply a list of contents. As you type in search fields, you will see a summary appear right here. Perseus digital library the new york public library. In oxyrhynchus, a similar summary of books 3740 and 4855 was found on a roll of papyrus that is now in the british museum.
The perseus digital library is a partner and supporter of open greek and latin, an international collaboration committed to creating an open educational resource featuring a corpus of digital texts, deepreading tools, and opensource software. Not all translations are grammatically faithful to the original. We will be performing some maintenance to the catalog today which will ultimately result in many new records and some interface improvements. The project is mirrored by the max planck society in berlin, germany, as well. The perseus digital library at tufts university will host a twoday workshop that provides an overview of a sample, practical digital editions creation workflow. If youre looking for a cheaper way to read livy then id suggest getting the penguin classics edition. Ab urbe condita, livy books xxi and xxv the second punic war 1 of 23 translations. It is the first phase of work towards the next version of the perseus digital library, perseus 5. Posthumous works may be ed based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas. It was written in the 1920s so the language is somewhat overly formal and stilted. Perseus has multiple editions and translations for livy figure 5, and livy thus offers a very useful example of what will be possible. Books 15 and the preface here called front matter are here. Regarding the perseus catalogs data and how it is created.
National endowment for the humanities 400 7th street, sw washington, dc 20506. A library of materials pertaining to ancient greece, which is expanding to include resources on ancient rome. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. It includes books 21 30 and is a well written translation. On march 15, eldarion released the initial version of the scaife digital library viewer. Ab urbe condita, ab urbe condita libri dritter band buch vibuch x 1 of 42 editions. It is pictor whom livy names when reporting the casualties at the battle of trebia. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 1 perseus.
It is often referred to in english, however, as the history of rome. For more than twenty years, the latin library has been a labor of love for its maintainer, william l. Digital editions in practice, a twoday workshop may 31june 1, 2019. The book history of rome, sometimes referred to as ab urbe condita books from the founding of the city, is a monumental history of ancient rome, written in latin between 27 and 9 bc by the historian titus livius, or livy, as he is usually known in english. For health reasons he has recently passed the maintenance of the library to someone new who will continue it in the same spirit. Hiero, king of sicily, comes to see the games at rome, i. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. See main page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Livy does not seem to think that any battle took place before the conference. Of the rest only fragments and the summaries remain.
The release is, of course, a first step, but this first step changes the world in at least two fundamental ways. The history of rome by titus livius, with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books, literally translated, with notes and illustrations. The texts are also integrated within the overall structure of the sourcebook. Livys only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. I am writing to report that the perseus digital library had the honor of receiving support for an neh digital humanities level 3 project.
Overview of the second punic war of rome thoughtco. Ptolemy, king of egypt, declines the aid offered him by the romans against antiochus. Perseus digital library the digital classicist wiki. Perseus project is a large searchable collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the archaic and classical greek world, beginning with texts by major authors of works in latin. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The perseus digital library, operated by tufts university, features an expansive collection of greek and roman sources both in the original language and in translation. Book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. When he began this work he was already past his youth. While this is just one project with limited funding, it reflects a larger potential shift for the study of.
Livy s history of rome can be found in english online at a couple of websites. Books by language additional collections journal of materials engineering. Chapter 9 from book 1 of livys history of rome, with multiple translations and resources as it appears in the perseus digital library. Nevertheless, perseus is a valuable resource for more general studies of history and historical methods both for the range of information it presents and for the tools it provides. Digital databases and other tools perseus digital library. The project assembles digital collections of humanities resources. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library open library books by language additional collections journal of materials engineering. Livy s only surviving work is commonly known as history of rome or ab urbe condita, from the founding of the city, which was his career from his midlife, probably 32, until he left rome for padua in old age, probably in the reign of tiberius after the death of augustus. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library.
Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. In 1993, perseus moved to tufts university where the digital library has lived ever since. The perseus project version 4 also known as perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. The perseus digital library first got on the web in 1995, and has been steadily growing and evolving. To go directly to a particular text or passage, you can enter a. Translations or editions published later may be ed. Links to full texts of books available at this and other sites will be listed here. In addition to primary, secondary, and reference documents, the collection also includes a gallery of art and archaeology.
The site includes the full texts of many significant works in greek and in their english translations. The grittier, more basic texty version faster to load has been posted by the university of virginia and uses the 1905 translation by the reverend canon roberts. The work covers the time from the stories of aeneas, the earliest legendary period from before the citys founding in c. As perseus project, aa perseus digital library is a projekt zum afbau vo ana frein digitaln bibliothek. The latin title can be literally translated as books since the citys founding. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Titus livius livy, the history of rome, book 21 perseus. In april 20, the perseus digital library joined forces with the open greek and latin project at the university of leipzig. The periochae survive for the entire work, except for books 6 and 7. Type in any combination of criteria to formulate a new search. Rome thought it would be easy to defeat hannibal, but hannibal was full of surprises, including his manner of entering the italic peninsula from spain. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. In splendid style livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of romes past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of rome to greatness.
Ab urbe condita librioften shortened to ab urbe conditais a monumental history of ancient rome in latin begun sometime between 27 and 25 bc by the historian titus livius, known in english as livy. The perseus project and beyond how building a digital library challenges the humanities and technology. Perseus digital library national endowment for the. Do not hestitate to make use of a modern edition in order to understand the grammar of the latin. Gregory crane professor of classics tufts university september 3, 2019. Over a century ago, james loeb announced the founding of the loeb classical library and his intention to bring the written treasures of the ancient greek and roman world within the reach of all who care for the finer things in life. Mar 19, 2018 on march 15, eldarion released the initial version of the scaife digital library viewer. Book xxi summary of book xxi book xxii summary of book xxii. War with perseus, king of macedonia, and with gentius, king of illyria, vi. Eutropius, at the beginning of the chapter, speaks of many hostilities having been committed by the carthaginians. The perseus project also known as the perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u.
The scaife viewer is a reading environment for premodern text collections in both their original languages and in translation. To see a full list of available texts, leave all fields blank and hit search the texts. To go directly to a particular text or passage, you can enter a citation in the citation lookup box above. The books that tend to have been put online here, or.
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