The Roman conception of history, extending from Cato down to the Augustan age and Livy, rejects the Hellenic idea of 'universal history', and embraces an alternative declination based on the postulate that the Romans were a 'chosen people', whose universal rule gathered the whole humankind and had to be willingly accepted. Rome's special place in world history derives from the gods and historians writing on Rome have to confirm that history is guided by a meta-historical will.
Zecchini, G., Livio e la storia universale, in Gianluigi Baldo, L. B. (ed.), A primordio urbis, Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2019: 115- 135 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/145080]
Livio e la storia universale
Zecchini, Giuseppe
2019
Abstract
The Roman conception of history, extending from Cato down to the Augustan age and Livy, rejects the Hellenic idea of 'universal history', and embraces an alternative declination based on the postulate that the Romans were a 'chosen people', whose universal rule gathered the whole humankind and had to be willingly accepted. Rome's special place in world history derives from the gods and historians writing on Rome have to confirm that history is guided by a meta-historical will.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.