Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius

Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was a Roman historian of the 1st century BC. His magnum opus is the book History of Rome (originally, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, which means Books from the Founding of the City, written between 27 and 9 BC). The book covers the time period from the tales surrounding Aeneas' arrival and the arrival of the refugees from Troy's fall, to the city's foundation in 753, the expulsion of the Kings in 509, and Titus Livius' own time, during the rule of Emperor Augustus. The death of Drusus in 9 BC is the last event covered by Titus Livius. The Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius (c. 1517) is regarded as Niccolo Machiavelli's work on republics, presented as a commentary on Titus Livius' first ten books of History of Rome (27-9 BC), which relate the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. The reader will find a book regarding political philosophy and history. Machiavelli takes the events reported by Titus Livius as empirical evidences that should be useful as lessons. Generations were influenced by Machiavelli works and the Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius will present the reader with a great knowledge about history and politics. This edition brings the classical and popular translation of the British Ninian Hill Thomson (1883).