Livy on the Hannibalic War [[electronic resource] /] / D.S. Levene

• Autore: Levene D. S
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
• Disciplina: 937.04
• Soggetto topico: Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Civilization; Rome Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-417) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Narrative Organization""; ""1.1. Book Division""; ""1.2. Chronology""; ""1.3. Narrative Sequence""; ""1.3.1. Keeping Up""; ""1.3.2. Linking Up""; ""2. Sources and Intertexts""; ""2.1. Allusions""; ""2.2. Sources""; ""3. Persons and Peoples""; ""3.1. Character""; ""3.2. Ethnicity""; ""4. Winners and Losers""; ""4.1. Battles""; ""4.2. Commanders""; ""5. Causation""; ""5.1. Time and Cause""; ""5.2. Narrative Causation""; ""5.3. Moral Causation""; ""5.4. Capua""; ""5.5. The Intellectual Climate""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C"" ; ""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Z""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Livy's account of the Hannibalic War in his 'Third Decade' is a narrative history of unparalleled richness, drama, and depth. In a full-scale study of this key work, D.S. Levene explores the things that make it distinctive not only within Livy's writing but also within all ancient historiography.
• Titolo autorizzato: Livy on the Hannibalic War
• ISBN: 0-19-815296-5; 9786612613555; 1-282-61355-3; 0-19-154155-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996207193203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno