Omnium annalium monumenta : historical writing and historical evidence in Republican Rome Introduction Christopher Smith Part I. The origins of the annalistic tradition Fabius Pictor ennius and the origins of Roman annalistic historiography John Rich L archeologie de Rome dans les annales dennius: poetica fabula ou annalium monumentum Martine Chassignet The discovery of Numas writings: Roman sacral law and the early historians Hans Beck Part II. Antiquarians and historians On the edges of history Christopher Smith Diligentissumus investigator antiquitatis Antiquarianism and historical evidence between Republican Rome and the early modern Republic of letters Duncan MacRae Inspired leaders versus emerging nations: Varros and Ciceros views on early Rome Vera Binder Which one is the historian A neglected problem in the study of Roman historiography Tim Cornell Part III. History and oratory How much history did the Romans know Historical references in Ciceros speeches to the people Francisco Pina Polo Ciceronian constructions of the oratorical past Henriette van der Blom Cicero documents and the implications for history Andrew Riggsby Part IV. The literary construction of history Livys battle in the forum between Roman monuments and Greek literature Dennis Pausch Echi dalle tragedie tebane nelle storie di Roma arcaica Marianna Scapini Figures of memory. Aulus Vibenna Valerius Publicola and Mezentius between history and legend Massimiliano Di Fazio Part V. History and monuments Monumenta documenta memoria: remembering and imagining the past in late Republican Rome Kaj Sandberg Visibility matters: notes on archaic monuments and collective memory in mid Republican Rome Gabriele Cifani Aedificare res damnosissima. building and historiography in Livy books 5 6 Seth G. Bernard Memoria by multiplication: the Cornelii Scipiones in monumental memory Karl J. Holkeskamp Constructing deconstructing and reconstructing civic memory in late Republican Rome Penelope J. E. Davies