In the first pentad of his history, Livy presents the history of the city of Rome and its immediate surroundings, from its founding until 390 CE. Starting with the praefatio, in which Livy comments on the nature and intention of his presentation, this book examines the literary techniques that Livy applied to present the city of Rome in this period.

Johannes Zenk, University of Bamberg, Germany.

The Göttinger Forum was founded in 1998 as a free, electronic publication and alternative to conventional journals. The GFA contains multi-disciplinary contributions on Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History and Classical Archaeology. The Beihefte are conceived as historical-philological supplements to the journal and comprehensive monographs on topics from Ancient History and Classical Archaeology.