History of Rome from Its Foundation

Book XXX of Livy's great history of Rome describes the last fewyears (203-201 BC), of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, including Hannibal's final defeat by Scipio at Zama, the conclusion ofpeace and Scipio's triumphal return to Rome.This useful editionof the Latin text, reissued after being unavailable for some time, includes an introduction giving background on Livy and his work, Romeand Carthage, the Punic Wars, the African campaign, the Roman army andScipio's tactics. There are copious notes on the text, an appendix onchronology, an index of proper names and a vocabulary.