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...... As a result, the general consensus among historians is that the written histories do not present a complete picture of early Rome. Instead, historians like Cornell believe that the surviving accounts present a highly contrived and unrealistic picture of the early age of Rome. (Cornell, p. 48). By this, they mean that the known authors may have used rhetoric and elaboration to paint a historical picture that is not necessarily accurate. Furthermore, some historians suggest that the ancient historians actually lied about events, though there is no historical evidence to suggest that the histories by Livy or Dionysius contain outright lies of their creation. In fact, what is known about Rome and about how its history was put into written form makes it clear that historians could not have dramatically changed their versions of history without those changes being noticed by the Romans, who were committed to Romes history. However, while a dramatic change could not have occurred in a short period of time, a dramatic change could have developed over an extended period of time. As Cornell pointed out, in the Roman Republic, the story of the citys past was not confined to history books, but was rather

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