CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Tiber, Latinus, Alba Longa
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From modern padua, but made his name in the city of rome. 60 bce - 12 ce: period of significant turmoil in roman politics and society. Didn"t sift through his sources: presented his material vividly, making his histories entertaining, after each installment, he would give a public reading in rome. Augustus a fan of livy"s work: livy did not record the past as an academic exercise. Was writing for a contemporary audience, including the emperor augustus. Writing during a period of tentative peace. Wanted to explain how rome used to be better, and provided models of what. Romans should live up to - go back to their roots. Aeneas: a character in homer"s iliad. A greek epic that recounts a prolonged mythical war between the greeks and the. Trojans: aeneas was a trojan prince and a demi-god. Son of a human father and the goddess aphrodite.
