Work

Ab Urbe condita

History of Rome (From the City's Founding)

Author

Language

Classical Latin

Year

9 BCE

Country

Roman Empire

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

military history

Ab Urbe condita

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and known since late antiquity as Ab Urbe Condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753 BC, the expulsion of the Kings in 509 BC, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. The last event covered by Livy is the death of Drusus in 9 BC. 35 of 142 books, about a quarter of the work, are still extant. The surviving books deal with the events down to 293 BC, and from 219 to 166 BC.

Translations

History of Rome, Volume III

History of Rome, Volume III

tr. B. O. Foster · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume IV

History of Rome, Volume IV

tr. B. O. Foster · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume II

History of Rome, Volume II

tr. B. O. Foster · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume V

History of Rome, Volume V

tr. B. O. Foster · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VI

History of Rome, Volume VI

tr. Evan T. Sage · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XIII

History of Rome, Volume XIII

tr. Evan T. Sage · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XII

History of Rome, Volume XII

tr. Alfred C. Schlesinger · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VII

History of Rome, Volume VII

tr. Evan T. Sage · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume I

History of Rome, Volume I

tr. B. O. Foster · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XIV

History of Rome, Volume XIV

tr. Alfred C. Schlesinger · Harvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VIII

History of Rome, Volume VIII

tr. Evan T. Sage · Harvard University Press · United States · 1949

The Early History of Rome: Books I-V

tr. Aubrey de Selincourt · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1971

Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of The History of Rome from Its Foundation

tr. Betty Radice · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2004

The War with Hannibal (Books XXI-XXX)

tr. Aubrey de Selincourt · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2004

Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of The History of Rome from Its Foundation

tr. Henry Bettenson · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2005

History of Rome, Volume IX

History of Rome, Volume IX

tr. Evan T. Sage, Alfred C. Schlesinger · Harvard University Press · United States · 2017

History of Rome, Volume X

tr. Alfred C. Schlesinger · Harvard University Press · United States · 2018

History of Rome, Volume XI

tr. Alfred C. Schlesinger · Harvard University Press · United States · 2018

Original Language Editions

History of Rome, Volume III

History of Rome, Volume III

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume IV

History of Rome, Volume IV

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume II

History of Rome, Volume II

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume V

History of Rome, Volume V

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VI

History of Rome, Volume VI

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XIII

History of Rome, Volume XIII

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XII

History of Rome, Volume XII

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VII

History of Rome, Volume VII

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume I

History of Rome, Volume I

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume XIV

History of Rome, Volume XIV

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1919

History of Rome, Volume VIII

History of Rome, Volume VIII

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1949

History of Rome, Volume IX

History of Rome, Volume IX

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 2017

History of Rome, Volume X

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 2018

History of Rome, Volume XI

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 2018