Livy Chapter 4 Banishment of Tarquinius Flashcards
How did Livy himself feel about Brutus’ speech?
Having recalled these and other, I believe, there are more atrocious things which the present [feeling of] unworthiness at the situation suggested
Why is the reliability of what atrocious things Brutus mentioned questioned by Livy?
and they are by no means easy, for historians to relate
How did Brutus inspire the crowd?
[Brutus] stirred up the [already] angry crowd
Why did Brutus stir up the crowd?
To take power away from the King and to order Lucius Tarquinius along with his wife and children to go into exile.
Who volunteered to go defeat the monarchy?
Brutus himself, having been chosen and armed young men who had voluntarily given their names
What did Brutus and the young men do?
then set out for the camp of Ardea to incite the army agains the king:
What happened to Rome?
he left control of the city [of Rome] to Lucretius who just recently had been made prefect of the city by the king.
What else happened as they set out from Rome to Ardea?
Amid the chaos, Tullia fled from her home
What happened to Tullia once she fled?
And men and women cursed her wherever she went and called upon the goddess who avenge [wronged] parents.
CONTEXT question
Who was Tullia?
The daughter who drove a chariot over her father’s body
est profectus
stylistic features
hyperlatron
unusual word order, should be the other way round
CONTEXT question
Who are the goddesses who avenge wrong parents?
Furies god of anger
Which is why Livy calls them furias in the text
What did the people of Ardea do to respond to the crowd?
With the events delivered to the camp [Ardea], when the king was making his way to Rome to crush the revolution
How did Brutus react to the king coming to crush his rebellion?
Brutus changed his route for he had sensed [the King’s] arrival
Why did Brutus change his route?
So that he wouldn’t meet [the king]
What happened when Brutus changed his route?
And almost at the same time, on different routes, Brutus arrived at Ardea [and] Tarquin arrived in Rome.
How did Rome react to Tarquin’s arrival?
The gates of Rome were closed to Tarquinius and he was sentenced to exile.
How was Brutus welcomed in Ardea once he was a victor?
The liberator of the city [of Rome] was joyfully welcomed by the happy camp,
How was the monarchy treated in Ardea once Brutus was the victor?
and the sons of the king were driven out.
Brutus ardeam, Tarquinius roman
stylistic features
Word order creates a parallelism between the two parties, to represent at the same time.
Secuti Sunt
stylistic features
The sibilance builds up suspense in this section of how the story will end
Relatu
stylistic features
“Having recalled” authorial input which leaves the passage paused to build suspense before the climax
What did two of the king’s sons do?
Two [of them] followed their father, and went into exile at Caere in Etruria
What did Sextus Tarquinius do once he had lost?
Sextus Tarquinius, having set out for Gabii as if to his own kingdom was killed by avengers of old hostilities
