Vol. 15 No. 1 (1989): XV - 1989, fascicolo 1
Articoli

La decadenza morale di Roma e i <em>viri antiqui</em>: riflessioni su alcuni frammenti degli <em>Annali</em> di L. Calpurnio Pisone Frugi (I parte)

Published 2016-09-17

Keywords

  • L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi,
  • Cato the Elder,
  • Livy,
  • Pythagoreanism

Abstract

On Piso’s life, his influence on Livius 40.29.3-14 (the story of the fake books ascribed to Numa in 181 BC: Piso appears to have been an indirect source), his attempt to rehabilitate Pythagoreanism, and his ideological closeness to the elder Cato.