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Camillus – the surveyor?

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2024-09-05
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Takács, L. (2024). Camillus – the surveyor?. Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 60, 19–25. https://doi.org/10.22315/
Abstract

In the end of the fifth book of Livy’s history there is a grand speech of Camillus against the proposal that Romans should move to Veii. Although this speech is the highlight of the first pentad, it is followed by a closing chapter which is full of words and expressions that are specific to land surveying. The present paper aims to examine the vocabulary of Livy and show that it is related to land surveyors’ terminology.