Автор: Livy and Jane D. Chaplin
Название: Rome's Mediterranean Empire: Books 41-45 and the Periochae
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2010
ISBN: 978-0199556021
Серия: Oxford World's Classics
Язык: English
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 16,4 mb
Страниц: 432

These words from one of Rome's opponents encapsulate the authority Rome achieved by its subjugation of the Mediterranean. The Third Macedonian War, recounted in this volume, ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's eventual dominance. For Livy, the story is also a fascinating moral study of the vices and virtues that hampered and promoted Rome's efforts in the conflict. He presents the war not so much as a battle against Perseus, Alexander's last and unworthy successor, than as a struggle within the Roman national character. Only traditional moral strength, embodied in Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the general who ultimately defeats Perseus, ensures the Roman victory.