Livy's written Rome / Mary Jaeger.

Livy's written Rome / Mary Jaeger.

0472107895 (alk. paper)
9780472107896 (alk. paper)

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997.

English

xii, 205 pages ; 24 cm

DG241 .J34 1997

Livy's Written Rome shows how one writer explored the relationships among 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 indepth 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and indexes.

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