IDENTIFICATIONS

Aeneas*
Turnus
Rhea Silvia
Romulus*
Remus
Sabines
Horatii and Curiatii
Hannibal*

LOCATIONS

Troy*
Latium
Rome*
Tiber River*
Etruria*
Alban Hills
Cannae
Tarentum
Cisalpine Gaul
Magna Graecia

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Why does Livy write his History? How is his story of the past relevant to his own times? What reward does he offer himself and the reader?

What credence does Livy give to the earliest traditions of Roman history? What is his purpose in relating them?

What practical advantage does Livy claim for his History?

What is the structure of Livy's Preface? What is its general tone and how can we account for it?

Writing under the Principate of Augustus might offer delicate problems for the historian. How does Livy handle the Cossus' claim to the spolia opima? How would you image that Augustus might have felt about Livy's revisions?