Lexis Poetica, retorica e comunicazione nella tradizione classica

Journal | Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 38 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2020 – Fasc. 2
Research Article | ‘A Plague from Distant People’. Geography and Ideology of Conflict in Livy’s Third Decade

‘A Plague from Distant People’. Geography and Ideology of Conflict in Livy’s Third Decade

Abstract

The paper investigates Livy’s use of geographic and spatial references in his narrative of the Second Punic War, underlining the important role played by the ideal opposition between centre and periphery. Livy represents the Hannibalic War as an ebb-and-flow movement, developed over the whole decade: books 21-25 stage the attack launched by the world’s periphery towards its centre, while the Romans’ counterattack in books 26-30 is described as a projection of Rome’s power outside the borders of Italy.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Sept. 11, 2020 | Accepted: Oct. 14, 2020 | Published Dec. 21, 2020 | Language: it

Keywords LivyGeographySecond Punic WarThird Decade


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