This edition features Valerie Warrior's crisp, fluent translation of the first five books of Livy's History; a general introduction to Livy and his work; extensive foot-of-the-page notes offering essential contextual information; a chronology of events; and three appendices offering additional insight into Livy and the History -- genealogies of the most prominent political figures in the early Republic, Livy's relationship with Augustus, and Livy's treatment of religion.