Roman History, Books I-III

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Roman History, Books I-III, by Titus LiviusThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Roman History, Books I-IIIAuthor: Titus LiviusRelease Date: January 25, 2004 [EBook #10828]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROMAN HISTORY, BOOKS I-III ***Produced by Jayam Subramanian, Ted Garvin and PG Distributed ProofreadersROMAN HISTORYByTitus LiviusTranslated byJohn Henry Freese, Alfred John Church, and William Jackson BrodribbWith a Critical and Biographical Introduction and Notes by DuffieldOsborneIllustrated1904LIVY'S HISTORYOf the lost treasures of classical literature, it is doubtful whether any are more to be regretted than the missing books ofLivy. That they existed in approximate entirety down to the fifth century, and possibly even so late as the fifteenth, adds tothis regret. At the same time it leaves in a few sanguine minds a lingering hope that some unvisited convent or forgottenlibrary may yet give to the world a work that must always be regarded as one of the greatest of Roman masterpieces.The story that the destruction of Livy was effected by order of Pope Gregory I, on the score of the superstitions containedin the historian's pages, never has been fairly substantiated, and ...