Livy : Reconstructing Early Rome /

Some critics of the Roman historian Livy (59 B.C.-A.D. 17) have dismissed his work as a compendium of stale narratives and conventional attitudes. Gary B. Miles reveals in Livy's history a creative interplay between traditional stories, contemporary ideological assumptions, and the historian�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miles, Gary B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Livy > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Tite-Live. > Ab urbe condita.
Tite-Live > Critique et interprétation > Histoire.
Historiography > Rome.
Historiographie > Rome.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Historiography
Ab urbe condita (Livius)
Geschiedschrijving.
Rome > History.
Rome > Histoire.
Rome > Historiographie.
Rome (Empire)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. History and Memory in Livy's Narrative
  • 2. The Cycle of Roman History in Livy's First Pentad
  • 3. Maiores, Conditores, and Livy's Perspective on the Past
  • 4. Foundation and Ideology in Livy's Narrative of Romulus and Remus
  • 5. The First Roman Marriage and the Theft of the Sabine Women
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Ancient Passages Cited
  • General Index

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