Please read the Preface and Book I of Livy's History of Rome). Read the preface carefully. Skim through Book I, concentrating on stories you find particularly interesting.Unfortunately, the formatting and arrangement of the online Livy history makes for tough reading. You might find it easier to look at the Baldwin project version of Livy. This are "retellings" of the stories, but close enough for our purposes. Just click on any of the first six links in the left hand column, and you'll get to a story you can easily read and comment on.
After you've done the reading, choose one (1) character from one of the Livy stories that you think particularly interesting. What parts of the story do you think really happened, and what parts do you disbelieve? Why? How is the story of this character important for understanding Roman history/subsequent history?
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