{"product_id":"livys-women-9781138553255","title":"Livys Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLivy's Women\u003c\/em\u003e explores the profound questions arising from the presence of women of influence and power in the socio-political canvas of one of the most important histories of Rome and the Roman people, \u003ci\u003eAb Urbe Condita\u003c\/i\u003e (From the Foundation of the City). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis theoretically informed study of Livy's monumental narrative charts the fascinating links between episodes containing references to women in prominent roles and the historian's treatment of Rome's evolutionary foundation story. Explicitly gendered in relation to the socio-cultural contexts informing the narrative, the author's background, the literary landscape of Livy''s Rome, and the subsequent historiographical commentary, this volume offers a comprehensive, coherent and contextualised overview of all episodes in \u003ci\u003eAb Urbe Condita\u003c\/i\u003e relating to women as agents of historical change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as proving invaluable insights into socio-cultural history for Classicists, \u003ci\u003eLivy's Women\u003c\/i\u003e will also be\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"K.’s book is essential for students and scholars interested in the study and narrative composition of the end of the Republic. It is an exhaustive and rigorous work on Livy’s literary expertise and his practical incorporation of women as relevant actors at crucial moments in the history of Rome.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eThe Classical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables; Foreword: Setting the Scene; Acknowledgements; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter One: AUC history: women and the art of exemplary storytelling; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two: Gendered collectives in Livy: the \u003ci\u003eagmen mulierum\u003c\/i\u003e and independent female demonstrations in AUC history; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three: The rhetoric of the unfamiliar other: non-Roman women in AUC history; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Four: Topoi, tropes and the female: the rhetorical memory of the annalist tradition; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword: Final Observations; \u003c\/strong\u003eBibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019499569495,"sku":"9781138553255","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138553255.jpg?v=1750780452","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/livys-women-9781138553255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}