Reading Response 4:
Livy’s History of Rome: One of the amazing things about the sheer duration of the ancient Roman civilization, is that the ancient Roman historians themselves often had little idea about the foundation of their own city. In this reading response, you’re going to read part of Livy’s History of Rome, originally a 142 volume series on the history of Rome written during the time of Rome’s first emperor. As you read through the preface, I want you to think about Livy’s purpose in writing history. Why does he find history useful to study? Spend the first half of your response discussing this question. Then spend the second half of your response describing how Livy characterizes Romulus and how that characterization might suggest what it means to be a good and honorable person in ancient Roman society.
- Read. Read the secondary sources concerning Livy and his History of Rome.
- Read. Read the preface and Book I of Livy’s History of Rome while keeping the assignment overview in mind.
- You are expected to use the ancient source as evidence for your argument. In order to receive full credit, you need to cite the ancient source at least three times using in-text, parenthetical citations. You also need to provide a full bibliographic reference for the ancient source at the end of your response. For in-text parenthetical citations go with this format (Ancient Author, Text Title, Line # if available otherwise Page #). For the end-of-response full bibliographic entry just standard MLA
- the template you need to use is in the attachment, as for the readings just click on the Blue words and go to the URL provided.
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