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9781853996795
Book XXX of Livy's great history of Rome describes the last few years (203-201 B.C.) of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, including Hannibal's final defeat by Scipio at Zama, the conclusion of peace, and Scipio's triumphal return to Rome. This useful edition of the Latin text, reissued after being unavailable for some time, includes an introduction giving background on Livy and his work, Rome and Carthage, the Punic Wars, the African campaign, the Roman army and Scipio's tactics. There are copious notes on the text, an appendix on chronology, an index of proper names and a vocabulary.Scullard, H. H. is the author of 'Livy Book XXX', published 2005 under ISBN 9781853996795 and ISBN 1853996793.
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