Camillus Of Rome: The Fall Of Veii
Livy V and Aenied XII (1757 words)
Livy V (sections 22-23, 39-44, 47-50)(chose one out of lines and two from)
The Character of Camillus (section 23)
And there Camillus dedicated to her the temple he had vowed..
There the fall of Veii came to be
‘’The return if Camillus drew greater crowds than had ever been seen on such an occasion in the past people of all ranks in society pouring through the city gates to meet him; and the official celebration of his Triumph left in its splendour all previous ones in the shade. Riding into Rome in a chariot drawn by white horses he was the cynosure of every eye—and indeed in doing so he was felt to be guilty of a certain anti-republican arrogance and even of impiety. Might there no be sin, people …show more content…
He begins with the final fact of history on how the decision to remain in Rome came to be with a satirical and ironic undertone that after Camillus long oration of persuasion it came down to what he says was the ‘’chance remark of a centurion on duty’’. He clearly states of which words had convinced the Senate to accept the omen—‘’we might as well stop here’’ and his presentation of this part of history is undeniably truthful, although he might add in his sarcastic comments. Yet his judgement becomes impaired as soon as he begins to outline the city’s reconstruction. Now it may have been that the city was ill-planned, but Livy goes on about how ‘’nobody bothered to see that the streets were straight’’—it seems to be instead of a presentation of history, that he goes on a little rant of what could have been done to maintain the precious state that his beloved Rome was and he is unable to stop his prejudice of the city’s beauty. He describes Rome as a ‘’squatter’s settlement than a properly planned city’’ and it is clearly shown that Livy has also contribute bigotry comments into his presentation of history. Although Livy may have presented a very well written book of facts of Rome his judgement has been clouded by his passionate patriotic views of
Livy V (sections 22-23, 39-44, 47-50)(chose one out of lines and two from)
The Character of Camillus (section 23)
And there Camillus dedicated to her the temple he had vowed..
There the fall of Veii came to be
‘’The return if Camillus drew greater crowds than had ever been seen on such an occasion in the past people of all ranks in society pouring through the city gates to meet him; and the official celebration of his Triumph left in its splendour all previous ones in the shade. Riding into Rome in a chariot drawn by white horses he was the cynosure of every eye—and indeed in doing so he was felt to be guilty of a certain anti-republican arrogance and even of impiety. Might there no be sin, people …show more content…
He begins with the final fact of history on how the decision to remain in Rome came to be with a satirical and ironic undertone that after Camillus long oration of persuasion it came down to what he says was the ‘’chance remark of a centurion on duty’’. He clearly states of which words had convinced the Senate to accept the omen—‘’we might as well stop here’’ and his presentation of this part of history is undeniably truthful, although he might add in his sarcastic comments. Yet his judgement becomes impaired as soon as he begins to outline the city’s reconstruction. Now it may have been that the city was ill-planned, but Livy goes on about how ‘’nobody bothered to see that the streets were straight’’—it seems to be instead of a presentation of history, that he goes on a little rant of what could have been done to maintain the precious state that his beloved Rome was and he is unable to stop his prejudice of the city’s beauty. He describes Rome as a ‘’squatter’s settlement than a properly planned city’’ and it is clearly shown that Livy has also contribute bigotry comments into his presentation of history. Although Livy may have presented a very well written book of facts of Rome his judgement has been clouded by his passionate patriotic views of