POLIBIO Y LA DIGRESIÓN SOBRE LA MIGRACIÓN GALA EN EL LIBRO V DE TITO LIVIO
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Livy – Polybius – Gauls – avaritiaAbstract
Livy narrates the migration of the Gauls to Italy in an excursus of the book 5. Among some particularities we can find in the account, one phrase (“…in imperio eius -of Ambigatus- Gallia adeo frugum hominumque fertilis fuit ut abudans multitudo vix regi videretur posse.” 5.34.2) specifically caught the attention of the researchers, who until now could not explain satisfactorily its meaning. The aim of this paper is to suggest an explanation of that phrase using some information that we can find in Polybius’ oeuvre, an author that has not yet been considered between the possible sources of Livy’s digression. Then, in a second part, we study the episode of the capture of Rome by the Gauls with the objective of showing how our suggestion can be linked with elements that figure there.Downloads
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