Doing Livy this semester. Any recommendations on commentaries that people have found helpful?
The Bristol Classical Press commentaries are pretty good, I think. I know that they are available for books I, II, V, XXI, XXII and XXX. Not sure if there is any more Livy in that series. They seem like they would be good for undergraduate or advanced high school students.
Hi Barry,
How about Steadman? His Book 1 text and commentary is quite thorough. Here’s a link:
https://geoffreysteadman.com/livy/
I think this would be just the thing for a high school class. If it’s for your own use, you might want Freeman’s text and notes. It’s somewhat dated (1917), but the analysis of constructions seems fine to me. Here’s a link to that:
https://archive.org/details/titiliviaburbeco00livy
There’s also Ogilvie, but his commentary for Books 1-5 is way out of my price range on Amazon. I’ve seen prices ranging from $150.00 US to $600.00! The only library on this side of the Atlantic possessing a hard copy of the book is at the Univ. of Winnipeg. Most of the rest are located in the UK and Europe.
Ronolio’s suggestion is good. I just hate the print quality of Bristol’s books.