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Virtus in Livy
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Chapter 3 discusses how the categories set up in his preface – vita et mores – played a key role throughout the narrative of the history of Rome in his Ab Urbe Condita. The numerous uses of virtus in relation to martial bravery in Livy’s accounts of the wars, the link between virtus and the history of the gradual acquisition of libertas by the Roman people, and the ways in which virtus is put at risk are addressed here to explain Livy’s interpretation of the concept. Parallels and references to Augustus’ virtus-language or virtus-image are given to place Livy within the broader picture of his time.
Title: Virtus in Livy
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Chapter 3 discusses how the categories set up in his preface – vita et mores – played a key role throughout the narrative of the history of Rome in his Ab Urbe Condita.
The numerous uses of virtus in relation to martial bravery in Livy’s accounts of the wars, the link between virtus and the history of the gradual acquisition of libertas by the Roman people, and the ways in which virtus is put at risk are addressed here to explain Livy’s interpretation of the concept.
Parallels and references to Augustus’ virtus-language or virtus-image are given to place Livy within the broader picture of his time.
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