Cato the Elder, Livy, and Xenophon's Anabasis

This article argues firstly that Cato the Elder’s account of a daring plan involving the tribune Caedicius in the First Punic War is modelled on a scene in Xenophon’s Anabasis. It then argues that Livy’s account of a heroic escape in the First Samnite War orchestrated by P. Decius Mus is modelled no...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rood, T
Format: Journal article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2017