CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Black-Figure Pottery, Haruspex, Acroterion
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Augustan author, praises the heyday of the republic. Wrote a history from the beginning of the city until his own time. Over 140 books, only survive, on papyrus. A story of the identity of augustan rome. Historia(cid:374)s: (cid:862)i(cid:374) their fa(cid:272)ts they (cid:272)a(cid:374) produ(cid:272)e (cid:373)ore authe(cid:374)ti(cid:272) i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) fa(cid:272)ts do (cid:374)ot (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the same then as they do now. Livy knows he does not know the truth of history it is too long ago and been through too many historians and their changes. His goal is to commemorate the achievements of the past. Believes ppl will want most to read about themselves in modern rome. Makes no claims as to what is real or not real (cid:862)it is the privilege of antiquity to mingle divine things with human, and so to add dignity to the (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs of (cid:272)ities(cid:863) Wants to discuss morals, how empire developed, how morals changed, and the downward plunge into the moral chaos of modern times.
