This edition of Livy's history of Rome – Ab Urbe Condita in Latin – is different to every other one you will come across, for one simple reason: it was designed specifically as an e-book. Without the need to print a physical copy and its accompanying size restrictions, we were able to do something that no one has done before, which was to split the first 25 surviving books of Livy's work into individual sentences of Latin, then provide running vocabulary for every word.
As you might imagine, this does not provide an ideal reading experience for one wishing to enjoy the pleasure's of Livy's Latin, but it was not designed to do so. Instead, this book is aimed at students, teachers and indeed any Latin lovers who want to deep dive into this epic work and parse fully every word. So, if you're the kind of Latin reader who looks for nouns and verbs and tries to guess the rest, this work will allow you perhaps for the first time to see the meaning of every word of every line of Ab Urbe Condita.
Each sentence in the book is first given in Livy's original Latin, then followed by running vocabulary: every word is shown as it appears in the text, then in its root form, then with its English translation.
As you might imagine, this does not provide an ideal reading experience for one wishing to enjoy the pleasure's of Livy's Latin, but it was not designed to do so. Instead, this book is aimed at students, teachers and indeed any Latin lovers who want to deep dive into this epic work and parse fully every word. So, if you're the kind of Latin reader who looks for nouns and verbs and tries to guess the rest, this work will allow you perhaps for the first time to see the meaning of every word of every line of Ab Urbe Condita.
Each sentence in the book is first given in Livy's original Latin, then followed by running vocabulary: every word is shown as it appears in the text, then in its root form, then with its English translation.
