A Companion to Livy - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1118301285 ISBN 13 : 9781118301289

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

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A Companion to Livy is a collection of essays representing the most up–to–date international scholarship on the life and works of the Roman historian Livy. Featuring contributions by some of the world s top contemporary Livian scholars, essays shed important new light on myriad aspects of Livy while exploring the complexity and originality of his monumental study of Roman history and the people of Rome. Collectively, essays offer powerful evidence to support the elevation of Livy s Ab Urbe Condita from a history book to a literary masterpiece centred on a particular moment in time and space the end of Rome s civil wars and the establishment of the principate under Augustus that expresses a unique philosophical approach to history. A ground–breaking new interpretation of Livy s historical philosophy, one based on a cyclical conception of the life of cities, is also presented for the first time in this collection. Innovative and thought–provoking, A Companion to Livy offers illuminating insights into one of the greatest Roman historians while setting a new standard in contemporary Livian scholarship.

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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.

• Features contributions from top Livian scholars from around the world
• Presents for the first time a new interpretation of Livy′s historical philosophy, which represents a key to an overall interpretation of Livy′s body of work
• Includes studies of Livy′s work from an Indo–European comparative aspect
• Provides the most modern studies on literary archetypes for Livy′s narrative of the history of early Rome

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118301285
• ISBN 13: 9781118301289
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512