Thucydides And Livy Their Choices Of Historical Depiction

Abstract: 3 pages in length. The reasons for Livy and Thucydides to choose their respective historical topics are not merely to chronicle the events that occurred during each author's respective period but rather to bring question to how and why they originated, with both casting doubt on the validity for either to have happened in the first place. For Livy, it was the need to dig deeply into the truthfulness of legend involving Romulus and Remus; Thucydides wondered whether the event surrounding the war's commencement was truly worthy of such a drastic altercation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Catagory: England (Before 1700)

Subcatagory: Western Civilization

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