Graduation Year
2016
Date of Submission
4-2016
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Reader 1
Shane Bjornlie
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Abstract
This thesis aims to discern whether cyclical history can be appropriately applied to the Ab Urbe Condita, and from these findings discern Livy's authorial implications for the contemporary political program. This process is conducted by analyzing exempla , as well as constructing a new definition of metus hostilis. Doing so allows for the detection of patterns, that when imprinted upon the existing formulaic model, examines whether the metus hostilis enhances the case for Livy writing the AUC with cyclical intent. Based on this analysis, the implications for contemporary Rome are clear in that the narrative insinuates the Augustan regime's necessity.
Recommended Citation
Chan, Victor, "A Necessary Evil: Livy's Cyclical History and the Metus Hostilis" (2016). CMC Senior Theses. 1369.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1369
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
