Livy's Political Philosophy: Power and Personality in Early Rome

ISBN-13: 9781107667945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 221 str.

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Opis

This book explores the political implications of stories that Livy recounts in the first pentad of his history of Rome.

Spis treści

Introduction: Livy and domestic politics; 1. The historiographical 'archaeology'; 2. Livy's preface: on reading the first pentad; 3. Monarchy and the education of the Roman people; 4. Tyranny and the tyrannical temperament; 5. On leadership and oratory; 6. The Roman people and the necessity of discord; Conclusion: Livy's 'republic'.