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The History of Rome, Volume 3: Books 21-25
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 14 h et 38 min
- Catégories: Littérature et fiction, Classiques
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The History of Rome, Volume 4, Books 26-32
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 18 h et 34 min
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In this volume, Hannibal and Carthage are finally worn down by the grim determination of the Roman people, and their army is destroyed at Zama by Publius Scipio. And hardly is this over before the vengeful Romans cast their eyes eastward to Philip of Macedon, who had made the fatal error of backing the Carthaginians.
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The History of Rome, Volume 2: Books 6 - 10
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 14 h et 1 min
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Livy continues his magnificent epic, with Rome in complete ruin after the Gallic invasion and sack of the city in 310 B.C. Led by Camillus, one of Rome's great heroic patricians, the city regains her self-confidence and once more becomes the leader of the Latin people. Painstakingly rebuilding alliances, forging friendships, cementing relations among her own people, and fighting endless wars, Rome soon becomes the dominant power among the fractious Italic tribes on the Latin plain.
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The History of Rome, Volume 1, Books 1 - 5
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 18 h et 16 min
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When Livy began his epic The History of Rome, he had no idea of the fame and fortune he would eventually attain. He would go on to become the most widely read writer in the Roman Empire and was eagerly sought out and feted like a modern celebrity. And his fame continued to grow after his death. His bombastic style, his intricate and complex sentence structure, and his flair for powerfully recreating the searing drama of historical incidents made him a favorite of teachers and pupils alike.
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Livy brought to life!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-08-11
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The History of Rome, Volume 5: Books 33 - 39
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 17 h et 30 min
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Livy's purpose in writing his famous history was to show how Rome had started out as a city state full of brave, idealistic and virtuous citizens, but had then descended into the voracious, debauched, and immoral empire it had become by his own time in the late 1st century B.C. And the evidence was compelling.
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The History of Rome, Volume 6: Books 40 - 45
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 13 h et 10 min
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Livy's splendid adventure of Rome's rise to dominance comes to a close in this concluding volume of his magnificent history. Sadly, the work abruptly halts near the completion of book 45, which concerns events in Greece in the year 168 BC. The missing portions, numbering 107 books, have never been found. The original text of this monumental history, which came to 142 books when he completed it, carried the story to 9 BC.
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Auteur(s): Edward Gibbon
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 126 h et 31 min
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Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece. Beginning in the second century A.D. at the apex of the Pax Romana, Gibbon traces the arc of decline and complete destruction through the centuries across Europe and the Mediterranean. It is a thrilling and cautionary tale of splendor and ruin, of faith and hubris, and of civilization and barbarism. Follow along as Christianity overcomes paganism... before itself coming under intense pressure from Islam.
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It almost killed me!
- Écrit par Travis Johnston le 2020-01-03
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The History of Rome, Volume 4, Books 26-32
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 18 h et 34 min
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In this volume, Hannibal and Carthage are finally worn down by the grim determination of the Roman people, and their army is destroyed at Zama by Publius Scipio. And hardly is this over before the vengeful Romans cast their eyes eastward to Philip of Macedon, who had made the fatal error of backing the Carthaginians.
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The History of Rome, Volume 2: Books 6 - 10
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 14 h et 1 min
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Histoire
Livy continues his magnificent epic, with Rome in complete ruin after the Gallic invasion and sack of the city in 310 B.C. Led by Camillus, one of Rome's great heroic patricians, the city regains her self-confidence and once more becomes the leader of the Latin people. Painstakingly rebuilding alliances, forging friendships, cementing relations among her own people, and fighting endless wars, Rome soon becomes the dominant power among the fractious Italic tribes on the Latin plain.
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The History of Rome, Volume 1, Books 1 - 5
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 18 h et 16 min
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Histoire
When Livy began his epic The History of Rome, he had no idea of the fame and fortune he would eventually attain. He would go on to become the most widely read writer in the Roman Empire and was eagerly sought out and feted like a modern celebrity. And his fame continued to grow after his death. His bombastic style, his intricate and complex sentence structure, and his flair for powerfully recreating the searing drama of historical incidents made him a favorite of teachers and pupils alike.
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Livy brought to life!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-08-11
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The History of Rome, Volume 5: Books 33 - 39
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 17 h et 30 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global
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Performance
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Histoire
Livy's purpose in writing his famous history was to show how Rome had started out as a city state full of brave, idealistic and virtuous citizens, but had then descended into the voracious, debauched, and immoral empire it had become by his own time in the late 1st century B.C. And the evidence was compelling.
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The History of Rome, Volume 6: Books 40 - 45
- Auteur(s): Titus Livy
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 13 h et 10 min
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Histoire
Livy's splendid adventure of Rome's rise to dominance comes to a close in this concluding volume of his magnificent history. Sadly, the work abruptly halts near the completion of book 45, which concerns events in Greece in the year 168 BC. The missing portions, numbering 107 books, have never been found. The original text of this monumental history, which came to 142 books when he completed it, carried the story to 9 BC.
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Auteur(s): Edward Gibbon
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 126 h et 31 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global
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Performance
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Histoire
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece. Beginning in the second century A.D. at the apex of the Pax Romana, Gibbon traces the arc of decline and complete destruction through the centuries across Europe and the Mediterranean. It is a thrilling and cautionary tale of splendor and ruin, of faith and hubris, and of civilization and barbarism. Follow along as Christianity overcomes paganism... before itself coming under intense pressure from Islam.
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It almost killed me!
- Écrit par Travis Johnston le 2020-01-03
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The incredible saga of Hannibal and his invasion of Italy in 218 B.C. is the subject of this third volume of Livy's magnificent history. As only Livy can describe it, we are swept into the era of the Second Punic War and given a ringside view of the leadership of both sides. The stirring account of Hannibal crossing the Alps, the brutal description of Cannae, and the relentless Roman siege of Syracuse are some of the highlights of this remarkable story.
Never has the undaunted courage of the Roman soldier been more fully accounted for, and never has the language of history been more dramatically set down as it has in the searing pages of Titus Livy. The Hannibalic War lives on in this mighty epic of ancient literary history.
Livy's The History of Rome continues in an additional three volumes.
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- Darwin8u
- 2017-04-11
Haste is improvident and blind.
"But in war nothing is so slight as not at times to bring about a great result."
- Livy, Book XXV. xviii 3
Book 21 (Second Punic War begins) & Book 22 (Hannibal at Cannae)
Livy's books 21 and 22 (221-216 BC).are a jump from book 10 to book 21. Lost to us now are books 11-20. We do have the summaries, but somewhere fire, apathy, lazy scribes, or bookworms have disappeared the First Punic war period, etc. Sad.
My older brother (RIP) loved Hannibal. Loved him enough he wanted to name his son Hannibal (thank gods for prudent wives). Anyway, Books 21-30 focus on Rome's 2nd Punic War(s) with Hannibal. Yes, elephants. Yes, Alps. Yes, Battle of Cannae.
Here are some of his best lines from Book 21 and Book 22:
"Never was the same nature more adaptable to things the most diverse -- obedience and command" (Book XXI, iv 3)
"We bring you here both war and peace; choose which you will!" (Book XXI, xviii 13).
"And I fear nothing more than this, that when you have fought, it may seem to have been the Alps that conquered Hannibal" (Book XXI, xl 10).
"Their position, he said, was one from which vows and supplications to the gods could not extricate them, but only their only their own brave exertions:" (Book XXII, iv 2).
"For himself, he would not anticipate, before they ripened, those plans with which circumstances provided men but which men could not well impose on circumstances." (Book XXII, xxxviii 11).
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Book 23 (Campanians revolt) & Book 24 (War against the Syracusans) &
Book 25 (The Fall of Syracuse)
Books 23 through 25 (216-212 BC). details the post-Cannae battles, spread between Greece, Spain, Italy, and Sicily. Hannibal always seems one day, one step, one coin-flip away from destroying Rome, but somehow MOST of the alliances stay. The elites in the cities allied to Rome seem more inclined to Rome, while much of the populace seems to favor Hannibal.
My favorite part of this book is the details concerning the "unrivaled art" of Archimedes' many defense of the walls and fortifications of Syracuse - and eventually -- the needless death of Archimedes. The fall of Syracuse is one of those war-time events that has long-term, significant impact on the world. Much of Roman fascination with Greek culture came as a direct result of the sack of Syracuse. Anyway, again I love a good war story and the Second Punic War has to be one of the top 10 most influential and interesting wars. I also love how Livy throws all sorts of marvels, signs and portents throughout all three of these books: an ox spoke, a spear moved, a baby in a womb shouted "Hail Triumph", a woman became a man, palm took fire, swarm of bees in the forum, lightening, ravens in temples, chalk rain, bloody-looking rivers, terrible storms, a stone seems to fly, the sun is red, almost bloody, snakes appearing and eating the livers of sacrifices - twice.
Here are some of his best lines from Books 23-25:
"In fact you must either have a king -- save the mark! -- or a senate, the only deliberative body in a free state" (Book XXIIII, iii 5)
"...the most familiar evil is the most endurable" (Book XXI, iii 14).
"For not to be defeated by Hannibal was a more difficult thing that it was later to defeat him." (Book XXIII, xvi 16).
"Never a nag, please, into a ditch" (Book XXIII, xlvii 6).
"...many things which are naturally difficult are solved by ingenuity." (Book XXV, xi 16).
"...not even hunger, which, as he said, inflames even dumb brutes, could spur their diligence;" (Book XXV, xiii 7).
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- William
- 2012-05-30
Great story, terrible performance
Would you try another book from Titus Livy and/or Charlton Griffin?
I love history, especially military history, but did not enjoy this classic by Livy very much because of the performance. Mr. Griffen's style seems to be to read as fast as possible with little inflection. He reads as though he is simply trying to get through the book quickly rather than trying to breathe life into this ancient text. He is capable of reading impressively fast, but he is very hard to listen to. He brought to mind the speed talker from the old Fed Ex commercials.
Would you be willing to try another one of Charlton Griffin’s performances?
Never
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