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<p><P>Livy's tenth book, an exciting climax to his first decade, narrates two political advances of 300 BC, the <b>Lex Valeria de provocatione</b> 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 new commentary, which completes Professor Oakley's exposition of Books VI-X, 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.</p>

Author

Oakley, S. P. (stephen P.)

Publisher

Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199272563

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-25