In addition to Valerie Warrior's crisp, fluent translation of the
first five books of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, this edition features a
general introduction to Livy and his work, extensive
foot-of-the-page notes offering essential contextual information,
and a chronology of events. Three appendices--on the genealogies of
the most prominent political figures in the early Republic, Livy's
relationship with Augustus, and Livy's treatment of religion--offer
additional insight into the author and the early history of Rome.
