The links below will take you to websites for each source suggested in the TIMESPAN OVERVIEW boxes for this component. Free online versions of text sources tend to be relatively old-fashioned, but are respected translations and easily accessible.
Note that the suggestions below are not intended to be used as a prescribed list of sources and students are expected to read a wide range of source material in preparation for assessment.
To find the relevant Livy sources use the Book and Chapter links above the main text. As you move over each box it will tell you which Book and Chapter you will navigate to.
1.1 The Legendary Kings and the Origins of Rome, 753-616 BC
Livy, The History of Rome, Preface, Book 1, sections 1–2, 4–10, 12–14, 16–21, 23–33
Dionysius, Roman Antiquities, Book 1, sections 85–8; Book 2, sections 9, 14, 21–3
Amphora depicting Aeneas
The citadel of Luni Sul Mignone
The Capitoline She-wolf
Drawing of the the Bolsena Mirror
The Lapis Niger Stele
Villanovan funerary urn
Roman sesterce showing the temple of Janus
1.2 The Etruscan Kings, 616-509 BC
Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, sections 34–45, 47–58
Dionysius, Roman Antiquities, Book 3, sections 48, 67–68; Book 4, sections 21, 43–44
Apollo of Veii
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
1.3 Origins of the Republic 509-494 BC
Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, sections 56–60; Book 2, sections 1–2, 6–15, 19–22
The Capitoline Brutus
The Lapis Satricanus
1.4 Securing the Republic 494-440 BC
Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, sections 21, 23–35, 41, 54–58, 61; Book 3, sections 9, 31–54; Book 4, sections 1–7
