Periochae
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Periochae are concise Latin summaries of Livy’s monumental History of Rome, preserving the work’s narrative outline where the original books are lost.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose text
ⓘ
ancient Roman historical work ⓘ summary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Latin literature
ⓘ
Roman historiography ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWorkSummarized | Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Latin historical texts
ⓘ
ancient historical epitomes ⓘ |
| circulation | transmitted in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| contains |
brief accounts of major Roman events
ⓘ
summaries of political and military episodes ⓘ |
| describesWorkOf | Titus Livius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Roman Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ early Roman monarchy ⓘ |
| function |
preserve narrative outline of Livy’s History of Rome
ⓘ
provide summaries of lost books of Livy ⓘ |
| genre |
epitome
ⓘ
historical summary ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | key source for otherwise lost parts of Livy ⓘ |
| influencedField |
reconstruction of Roman Republican history
ⓘ
understanding of Livy’s lost books ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originalWorkAuthor | Titus Livius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preserves |
narrative sequence of Livy’s History of Rome
ⓘ
structure of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ |
| relationshipToLivy | epitomizes each book of Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ |
| scholarlyUse |
comparison with surviving books of Livy
ⓘ
source criticism of Livy’s narrative ⓘ |
| structure | series of short notices corresponding to Livy’s books ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
classical scholars
ⓘ
historians of ancient Rome ⓘ textual critics ⓘ |
| subject | history of Rome ⓘ |
| textType |
book-by-book abstract
ⓘ
concise summary ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing lost portions of Livy
ⓘ
study of Roman historiography ⓘ teaching Roman history ⓘ |
| workChronologyCovered |
from the foundation of Rome
ⓘ
to the early Roman Empire ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
History of Rome