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Livy´s Political Philosophy: Power and Personality in Early Rome
Ann Vasaly
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Description for Livy´s Political Philosophy: Power and Personality in Early Rome
hardcover. This book explores the political implications of stories that Livy recounts in the first pentad of his history of Rome. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
This volume explores the political implications of the first five books of Livy's celebrated history of Rome, challenging the common perception of the author as an apolitical moralist. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey through the narration of particular events crucial lessons about the interaction of power and personality, including the personality of the Roman people as a whole. These lessons demonstrate the means by which the Roman republic flourished in the distant past and by which it might be revived in Livy's own corrupt time. Written at the precise moment when Augustus' imperial autocracy was replacing the ... Read more
This volume explores the political implications of the first five books of Livy's celebrated history of Rome, challenging the common perception of the author as an apolitical moralist. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey through the narration of particular events crucial lessons about the interaction of power and personality, including the personality of the Roman people as a whole. These lessons demonstrate the means by which the Roman republic flourished in the distant past and by which it might be revived in Livy's own corrupt time. Written at the precise moment when Augustus' imperial autocracy was replacing the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
699g
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107065673
SKU
V9781107065673
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Ref
99-14
About Ann Vasaly
Ann Vasaly is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. She is the author of Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory (1993).
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