CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Tarpeia, Radiocarbon Dating, Apotheosis
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Doesn"t make judgements simply presents the information. At one point he tutored augustus" great grandson. His work remained popular because it revealed information on the roman psyche what is fundamental about being roman: the stories he told revealed anxieties/ issues prevalent among romans. Quintus fabius pictor wrote the earliest history it was written in greek: would have been a response to greek stories of roman origin that would have reflected poorly on the romans. Livy was writing some 400 years later there was very little truth in pictor"s work. Ancient history would have been documented by inscriptions, scriptures, and annals: these sources would have reflected what the roman"s believed to be true, and would not have necessarily been factual. Preface of livy: there is this exceptionally beneficial and fruitful advantage to be derived from the study of the past, that you see, set in the clear light of historical truth, examples of every possible type.
