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The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of The History of Rome from Its Foundation
Livy
3.71 AVERAGE
39 reviews for:
The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of The History of Rome from Its Foundation
Livy
3.71 AVERAGE
Het jaar is 390 v.C., en heel Rome is bezet. Heel Rome? Nee. Een klein heuveltje van onverschrokken Romeinen houdt nog stand tegen de Gallische indringers...
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Livy is the Roman equivalent of Herodotus, blending fact with myth and legend to paint a highly readable portrait of the monarchy and early republic of Rome. Before the Empire and all its imperial grandeur, Rome was a scrappy city-state with a dysfunctional government and endless enemies. A truly great book and despite heading up the syllabus for every "Classical Civilization" course and thereby evoking instantaneous eye-rolling, Livy is a great pleasure to read.
From an analysis perspective I think this book was interesting but from a purely reading perspective I didn’t love this book. I did get caught up in a lot of the names and words, but that was also attributed to the fact that we skipped through this reading for my class. I think if I read it through I would be able to digest the text more. There were a lot of icky and morally grey situations that I hated, but it was useful to pick them apart and learn more about Livy and what he is truly saying with these books 1-5.
The bright side to Livy is that his patriotism doesn’t obscure the facts... that’s all i got on this.
Read for university this year. This was an intersection read and helpful if wanting to learn more about Ancient Rome.
I found this to be a very interesting read. You certainly get the impression that many of the political struggles we are having now have been going on for over 2500 years. On one hand I find it reassuring to know that we have gone through this before and managed to survive. On the other hand, I am disappointed that we don't seem to make much progress.
