Livy, Ovid, and Early Rome

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This advanced Latin course focuses on the myths of Rome’s foundation as depicted in Livy’ history, Ab Urbe Condita, and Ovid’s poem on the Roman calendar, Fasti. Students will study Livy’s and Ovid’s portraits of the major figures associated with the origins of Rome, including Aeneas, Romulus, and Lucretia, in order to explore the Romans’ cultural understanding of their legendary past. In addition, students will study the literary qualities of Livy’s and Ovid's writings and reflect on the social and political environment of the Augustan Age in which they wrote.