11-02-2008, 04:54 PM
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-10-25.html
About the Erdkamp thesis, I read a him article about the (+ or -) same argument in mnemosyne. I'm in accord about the fact that probably we have the same hand back some Livy battle narrative in some passage of punic and after-punic phase. I'm not in accord over the fact they are not valid passage; the battles is probably fictional but the literary reconstruction follow a schema and a time modification, so a i think they are copied from some previous models (II bc?).
About the Erdkamp thesis, I read a him article about the (+ or -) same argument in mnemosyne. I'm in accord about the fact that probably we have the same hand back some Livy battle narrative in some passage of punic and after-punic phase. I'm not in accord over the fact they are not valid passage; the battles is probably fictional but the literary reconstruction follow a schema and a time modification, so a i think they are copied from some previous models (II bc?).
"Each historical fact needs to be considered, insofar as possible, no with hindsight and following abstract universal principles, but in the context of own proper age and environment" Aldo A. Settia
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
