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Book Synopsis
A Companion to Livy features a collection of essays representing the most up-to-date international scholarship on the life and works of the Roman historian Livy.

Table of Contents

Figures ix

Maps xi

Notes on Contributors xvii

Abbreviations xxiii

Introduction: Livy xxxi
Bernard Mineo

Part I Text and Context 1

1 Livian Manuscript Tradition 3
Marielle de Franchis

2 Historical Context of the Ab Urbe Condita 24
Barbara Levick

Part II Ideological and Historical Aspects 37

3 Portraits of Peoples 39
Jacques-Emmanuel Bernard

4 Rome, Magna Graecia, and Sicily in Livy from 326 to 200 BC 52
Kathryn Lomas

5 Urban Landscape, Monuments, and the Building of Memory in Livy 65
Mary Jaeger

6 Livy and Religion 78
John Scheid

7 Livy’s Liturgical Order: Systematization in the History 90
Frances Hickson Hahn

8 Livy’s Use of Exempla 102
Jane D. Chaplin

9 Roman Wars and Armies in Livy 114
Yann Le Bohec

10 Livy’s Political and Moral Values and the Principate 125
Bernard Mineo

11 Livy’s Historical Philosophy 139
Bernard Mineo

Part III Literary Aspects 153

12 Livy and Indo-European Comparatism 155
Dominique Briquel

13 Livy and the Annalistic Tradition 167
Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg

14 The Complications of Quellenforschung: The Case of Livy and Fabius Pictor 178
James H. Richardson

15 Livy and the Greek Historians from Herodotus to Dionysius: Some Soundings and Reflections 190
Craige B. Champion

16 Allusions and Intertextuality in Livy’s Third Decade 205
David S. Levene

17 The Composition of the Ab Urbe Condita: The Case of the First Pentad 217
Ann Vasaly

18 Reading Livy’s Book 5 230
Stephen P. Oakley

Part IV Book 1. The Regal Period 243

19 Livy’s Narrative of the Regal Period and Historical and Archaeological Facts 245
Timothy Cornell

20 Livy’s Narrative of the Regal Period: Structure and Ideology 259
Paul-Marius Martin

21 Literary Archetypes for the Regal Period 274
Marianna Scapini

22 The Representation of the Regal Period in Livy 286
Matthew Fox

Part V Book 1–5. From Tarquinius Superbus to the Siege of Rome by the Gauls (390 BC) 299

23 Tarquin the Superb and the Proclamation of the Roman Republic 301
Attilio Mastrocinque

24 The Beginnings of the Republic from 509 to 390 BC 314
Gary Forsythe

Part VI Book 6–10. From the Siege of Rome (390 BC) to Sentinum (295 BC) 327

25 From 390 BC to Sentinum: Diplomatic and Military Livian History 329
Ghislaine Stouder

26 From 390 BC to Sentinum: Political and Ideological Aspects 342
Michel Humm

Part VII Books 21–45. From the Second Punic War to Pydna 367

27 Rome and Carthage in Livy 369
Dexter Hoyos

28 Livy: Overseas Wars 382
Giovanni Brizzi and Giambattista Cairo

29 The Roman Republic and its Internal Politics between 232 and 167 BC 394
Klaus Bringmann

30 Livy, Polybius, and the Greek East (Books 31–45) 407
Arthur M. Eckstein

Part VIII Books 1–142/150. Periochae 423

31 The Periochae 425
Luigi Bessone

Part IX Reception 437

32 The Transmission of Livy from the End of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century: Distortion or Discovery, a Story of Corruption 439
Pierre Maréchaux

Index 453

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      Publication Date: 31/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9781118301289, 978-1118301289
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Livy features a collection of essays representing the most up-to-date international scholarship on the life and works of the Roman historian Livy.

      Table of Contents

      Figures ix

      Maps xi

      Notes on Contributors xvii

      Abbreviations xxiii

      Introduction: Livy xxxi
      Bernard Mineo

      Part I Text and Context 1

      1 Livian Manuscript Tradition 3
      Marielle de Franchis

      2 Historical Context of the Ab Urbe Condita 24
      Barbara Levick

      Part II Ideological and Historical Aspects 37

      3 Portraits of Peoples 39
      Jacques-Emmanuel Bernard

      4 Rome, Magna Graecia, and Sicily in Livy from 326 to 200 BC 52
      Kathryn Lomas

      5 Urban Landscape, Monuments, and the Building of Memory in Livy 65
      Mary Jaeger

      6 Livy and Religion 78
      John Scheid

      7 Livy’s Liturgical Order: Systematization in the History 90
      Frances Hickson Hahn

      8 Livy’s Use of Exempla 102
      Jane D. Chaplin

      9 Roman Wars and Armies in Livy 114
      Yann Le Bohec

      10 Livy’s Political and Moral Values and the Principate 125
      Bernard Mineo

      11 Livy’s Historical Philosophy 139
      Bernard Mineo

      Part III Literary Aspects 153

      12 Livy and Indo-European Comparatism 155
      Dominique Briquel

      13 Livy and the Annalistic Tradition 167
      Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg

      14 The Complications of Quellenforschung: The Case of Livy and Fabius Pictor 178
      James H. Richardson

      15 Livy and the Greek Historians from Herodotus to Dionysius: Some Soundings and Reflections 190
      Craige B. Champion

      16 Allusions and Intertextuality in Livy’s Third Decade 205
      David S. Levene

      17 The Composition of the Ab Urbe Condita: The Case of the First Pentad 217
      Ann Vasaly

      18 Reading Livy’s Book 5 230
      Stephen P. Oakley

      Part IV Book 1. The Regal Period 243

      19 Livy’s Narrative of the Regal Period and Historical and Archaeological Facts 245
      Timothy Cornell

      20 Livy’s Narrative of the Regal Period: Structure and Ideology 259
      Paul-Marius Martin

      21 Literary Archetypes for the Regal Period 274
      Marianna Scapini

      22 The Representation of the Regal Period in Livy 286
      Matthew Fox

      Part V Book 1–5. From Tarquinius Superbus to the Siege of Rome by the Gauls (390 BC) 299

      23 Tarquin the Superb and the Proclamation of the Roman Republic 301
      Attilio Mastrocinque

      24 The Beginnings of the Republic from 509 to 390 BC 314
      Gary Forsythe

      Part VI Book 6–10. From the Siege of Rome (390 BC) to Sentinum (295 BC) 327

      25 From 390 BC to Sentinum: Diplomatic and Military Livian History 329
      Ghislaine Stouder

      26 From 390 BC to Sentinum: Political and Ideological Aspects 342
      Michel Humm

      Part VII Books 21–45. From the Second Punic War to Pydna 367

      27 Rome and Carthage in Livy 369
      Dexter Hoyos

      28 Livy: Overseas Wars 382
      Giovanni Brizzi and Giambattista Cairo

      29 The Roman Republic and its Internal Politics between 232 and 167 BC 394
      Klaus Bringmann

      30 Livy, Polybius, and the Greek East (Books 31–45) 407
      Arthur M. Eckstein

      Part VIII Books 1–142/150. Periochae 423

      31 The Periochae 425
      Luigi Bessone

      Part IX Reception 437

      32 The Transmission of Livy from the End of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century: Distortion or Discovery, a Story of Corruption 439
      Pierre Maréchaux

      Index 453

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