Livy's Political Philosophy : Power and Personality in the First Pentad by Ann Vasaly (2015, Hardcover)

Cambridge University Press

1107065674

9781107065673

204232552

Ann Vasaly

Livy's Political Philosophy : Power and Personality in the First Pentad

Hardcover

English

2015

Textbook

217 Pages

10in

0.8in

7.2in

22.9 Oz

Pa6459 .V37 2015

Introduction: Livy and domestic politics; 1. The historiographical 'archaeology'; 2. Livy's preface: on reading the first pentad; 3. Monarchy and the education of the Roman people; 4. Tyranny and the tyrannical temperament; 5. On leadership and oratory; 6. The Roman people and the necessity of discord; Conclusion: Livy's 'republic'.

2015

Scholarly & Professional

Ancient / Rome, History & Theory, Ancient & Classical

2014-043703

937

23

Literary Criticism, History, Political Science