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Livy: The Rise of RomeOxford World's Classics Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state these and many more are stories which, immortalised by Livy in his history of early Rome, have become part of our cultural heritage. The historian's huge work, written between 20 BC and AD 17, ran to 12 books, beginning with Rome's founding in 753 BC and coming down to Livy's own lifetime

there is much in Annals VI that shows a very different side to his character

published as the Anabasis and its later companion piece the Indica

modern introduction to religion in the Roman world

such as Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie and William Foxwell Albright

fit together

and the best specimens of persuasive rhetoric in action from democratic Athens

so that readers can begin anywhere

statues in the Sacred Grove and the Zeus of Phidias

because it was then for the first time that a stand was taken against the arrogance of the nobles'

Perseus and Medusa

Seat number 9 was ideal for Hercule Poirot to observe his fellow passengers on the plane

-Over 30 fascinating Greek myths