| Evidence: | 'My journey lay over the field of Thrasymenus, and as soon as the sun rose, I read Livy's description of the scene [...] I was exactly in the situation of the consul, Flaminus - completely hid in the morning fog...So that I can truly say that I have seen precisely what the Roman army saw on that day.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Nov 1838 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: Sunrise | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: On a hilltop in the field of Thrasymenus | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1800 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Author / Politician |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Livy (Titus Livius) |
| Title: | History of Rome Book XIII |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11163 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Anne Fadiman | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader | |
| Place of Publication: | Harmondsworth: Penguin | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 51-53 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2000), p. 51-53, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11163, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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