CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Livy, Pyrrhic Victory, Appian Way
13 Dec 2017
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Sources: literature, centuries later, inconsistent, polybius (greek, titus livius patavinus, livy, one-sided narrative. Warfare in roman society: cui bono, roman mass and elite, booty and land, elite political career, imperium, power to command , consul, praetor, virtus ( military courage , deditio in fidem, placing oneself in the roman"s fides , total surrender. Veii and the gauls: 396 veii, settle the land, many of veii made citizens, 387 gauls, battle of allia, 341-338: latin war, hierarchy of alliances and communities, foedus. Expansion through italy: 343-290: samnite wars, campania & central highlands, 280s-270s: etruria, app. Claudius caecus: censor (312 bc, via appia ( appian way ) Southern italy: 282: tarentum, pyrrhus war (280-275, pyrrhus of epirus, pyrrhic victory . The hydra ro man civic warfare: colonies, allies, latin allies, over 150 cities, the dilectus ( the choosing , consuls enter office in march, citizens of classis (18 years, campus martius.
