10-17-2010, 09:17 PM
Quote:He's indeed often mistaken, but we can be too critical.Agreed. Note that Livy has now been absolved of one of the few major blunders normally imputed to him. (At 33.8.13, where he is usually ridiculed for imagining that the Macedonians "laid down" their sarissas before attacking, it has now been shown that Livy meant "levelled" their sarissas: Class. J. 100.4, 2005, pp. 349-363.)