> My (non-academic) impression at least was that most people read it pretty straightforwardly, and especially non-scholars.<
Yes, but have you read the Discourses? And Livy?
Doesn't it strike you as a little strange that a person's life and all their other writing would be in contrast to one work, which is dedicated to the very people who tortured him?
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Date: 2020-08-14 02:24 am (UTC)Yes, but have you read the Discourses? And Livy?
Doesn't it strike you as a little strange that a person's life and all their other writing would be in contrast to one work, which is dedicated to the very people who tortured him?