Livy and Early Rome: A Study in Historical Method and Judgment

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Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999 - 147 pagine
By quantitative and thematic analysis of a carefully defined set of data this book examines Livy's caution toward the quasi-historical traditions of early Rome recorded in his first ten books, the limitations of his historical judgment, and how he tried to resolve conflicts in his sources. It also treats his religious outlook and his use of digressions and historical speeches.

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Introduction
7
Assembling and Defining the Data
12
Livys Caution Toward the Historical Traditions of Early Rome
40
Livys Use of Historical Probability and of Other Methods to Resolve Discrepancies
52
Historicity Versus Morality and Patriotism
65
Livy and the Historical Speech
74
Livy and the Divine
87
Digressions in the First Decade
99
Patterns in Individual Books of the First Decade
119
Some Final Assessments
133
Bibliography
136
General Index
141
Index of Livian Citations
145
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