The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of the History of Rome from Its Foundation - Paperback

by Titus Livy (Author), Aubrey de Sélincourt (Translator), R. M. Ogilvie (Introduction by)

"This translation first published in 1960"--T.p. verso.

Author Biography

Aubrey de Sélincourt (1896-1962) was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford. A scholar and translator, he translated Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I--V) and The War with Hannibal (Books XXI--XXX), The Histories of Herodotus and The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, all for the Penguin Classics. A schoolmaster of genius for twenty-six years, he retired in 1947 to the Isle of Wight, where he lived until his death.