Livy's Written RomeUniversity of Michigan Press, 1997 - 205 pagine The modern age is not the only one in which Romans and visitors to Rome have been fascinated with the city's striking juxtapositions of past and present. Rome's wealth of history also captured the imagination of the ancients. Livy's Written Rome, by Mary Jaeger, shows how one writer explored the relationship between events in Roman history, the landscape in which they occurred, and the monuments that commemorated them. While Augustus reconstructed the physical city to reflect the ideology of the Empire, the historian Livy created a written Rome and taught his readers to look beyond the city's dramatically altered landscape. In so doing, they gained insight into the lessons of the lost Republic. Drawing upon modern discourse on the connection between private mental spaces and public civic spaces, this first in-depth study of Livy's use of the urban landscape offers discerning views on his interpretation of ancient theories of historiography. Livy's Written Rome discusses the Roman idea of the monument as a place where memory and space intersect and includes fresh readings of several historical episodes, including the battle over the Sabine Women, the sedition of Marcus Manlius, and the trials of the Scipios. Scholars have long criticized Livy as a historian because his work is not in accord with modern historiographical standards. Yet even his critics agree that Livy is a masterful literary artist, and recent work on Livy has argued for the complexity and originality of his thought. Across the humanities, recent scholarship has focused on the role of memory in civic consciousness and identity. This book explores the ways in which Livy's texts question traditional assumptions about the preservation and use of the past. In doing so, it identifies a new and important facet of Livy's representation of urban Rome. Livy's Written Rome will be of interest to classicists and historians, students of ancient historiography and classical rhetoric, as well as general readers interested in memory, monuments, and historical narrative. Mary Jaeger is Professor of Classics, University of Oregon. |
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Pagina 75
... saved ; the Campus Martius , where his trial was initially held ; the Petiline Grove , to which it was transferred ; the Tarpeian Rock , from which he was thrown ; and the Temple of Juno Moneta , built on the former site of his house.40 ...
... saved ; the Campus Martius , where his trial was initially held ; the Petiline Grove , to which it was transferred ; the Tarpeian Rock , from which he was thrown ; and the Temple of Juno Moneta , built on the former site of his house.40 ...
Pagina 81
... saved the Capitoline and citadel . Then I brought what aid I could to all men , just as now I shall bring it to individuals ] Although Manlius represents his present actions on behalf of individuals as extensions of his previous action ...
... saved the Capitoline and citadel . Then I brought what aid I could to all men , just as now I shall bring it to individuals ] Although Manlius represents his present actions on behalf of individuals as extensions of his previous action ...
Pagina 85
... saving fellow citizens in battle or leading an attack over a city wall ; the name , in lieu of the man himself , of a magister equitum whom Manlius had saved ; and , as a cli- max , an oration as magnificent as his deeds , at the ...
... saving fellow citizens in battle or leading an attack over a city wall ; the name , in lieu of the man himself , of a magister equitum whom Manlius had saved ; and , as a cli- max , an oration as magnificent as his deeds , at the ...
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The History as a Monument | 15 |
The Battle in the Forum | 30 |
The Rise and Fall of Marcus | 57 |
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According action Africanus appears army attack attention audience authority battle becomes beginning Book calls Camillus camp Cannae Capitoline Carthaginians citadel clear commemorates contrast critical Curtius death defend describes direct discussion draws Early enemy entire episode evidence fall fighting Finally follow force Forum Gauls give gods Gracchus Hannibal hills historian important Italy Jupiter landscape Livy Livy's look Manlius Marcius means memory metaphor Mettius monuments monumentum move movement narrative narrator original passage past person point of view political Polybius position preface present produces reader Reconstructing references relates reminder Representations represents response rhetorical role Roman Rome Rome's Romulus Sabine saved says Scipio Senate shield shows side sources space speech stand statues story suggests Temple tion topographical tradition trial tribunes triumph turn Urbe Urbe Condita women writing