Oakley, Stephen P.: A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X. Vol. IV: Book X

Livy's tenth book, an exciting climax to his first decade, narrates two political advances of 300 BC, the Lex Valeria de provocatione and the opening up of major priesthoods to plebeians; it also tells of the Spartan Cleonymus' landfall at the site that long afterwards would be Venice. Its main topic, however, is Roman warfare, above all the outbreak of the Third Samnite War and the decisive battle of Sentium in 295 BC. This commentary deals comprehensively with all aspects of Livy's work, including the literary structure of his narrative, the historical and topographical problems of the Samnite Wars, the poetical and archaic language sometimes affected by Livy, and the numerous textual problems posed by the extant manuscripts. An extensive section of addenda and corrigenda contains revisions to the preceding volumes. From the table of contents: Historical Introduction. - Commentary. - Appendices: 1. Further Conjectures in Book X; 2. Annalistic Evidence for the Workings of the Senate; 3. Legislation by Curule Magistrates, 366-c.287 BC. - Addenda and Corrigenda. - Bibliography. - Indexes. XIV,658 Seiten mit 7 Abb. und einer Karte sowie eine Faltkarte, Leinen (Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press 2007) textsauber, leichte Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben/clean text pages, minor traces of use, slightly rubbed

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