Livy's Women

Name: Livy's Women
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Livy's WomenCrisis, Resolution, and the Female in Rome's Foundation History\nAuthor(s): Peter Keegan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138553255, 978-1138553255\nSynopsis\nLivys Women explores the profound questions arising from the presence of women of influence and power in the socio-political canvas of one of the most important histories of Rome and the Roman people, Ab Urbe Condita (From the Foundation of the City). \n\nThis theoretically informed study of Livys monumental narrative charts the fascinating links between episodes containing references to women in prominent roles and the historians treatment of Romes evolutionary foundation story. Explicitly gendered in relation to the socio-cultural contexts informing the narrative, the authors background, the literary landscape of Livy's Rome, and the subsequent historiographical commentary, this volume offers a comprehensive, coherent and contextualised overvi.