Livy: Book 6: AB Urbe Condita Book VI - Brossura

Livy/Kraus

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521422388 ISBN 13: 9780521422383

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Book VI of Livy's Ab urbe condita covers the history of Rome from 390 to 367 BC, a period during which the city, while in the process of recovering from being sacked by the Gauls, faced serious civil disturbance, the resolution of which fundamentally changed the structure of Roman society. This edition considers the historical text from a literary and historiographical perspective: the Commentary contains a detailed analysis of Livy's narrative style and structure, with particular focus on his language and use of commonplaces, while the Introduction discusses the didactic nature of the Ab urbe condita and situates Livy's sophisticated and challenging work in the ancient historiographical tradition. Special attention is paid to the role of the reader, and to the relationship between the style and the kind of history being written. Issues of contemporary Augustan politics are also discussed.

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Book VI of Livy's history of Rome covers the period from 390 to 367 BC, a period during which the city, while recovering from being sacked by the Gauls, faced serious civil disturbance, the resolution of which fundamentally changed the structure of Roman society. This edition considers the historical text from a literary and historiographical perspective.

Contenuti:

Introduction: 1. Livy: life and works; 2. Livian historiography; 3. Language and style; 4. Ab urbe condita VI; TITI LIVI AB VRBE CONDITA LIBER SEXTVS; Commentary.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521422388
• ISBN 13: 9780521422383
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368