Legendary Rome"Legendary Rome" is the first book to offer a comparative treatment of the reinvention of Rome's origins in the poetry of Vergil, Tibullus and Propertius. It also examines the impact that the changing topography of Rome, as orchestrated by the emperor Augustus, had on those poets' renditions of Rome's legendary past. When the poets explore the significance of Augustus' reconstruction of the Palatine and Capitoline hills, they create new meaning and memories for the story of Rome's legendary foundations. As the tradition of Rome's mythic and legendary origins evolves through each poetic revision, the past transforms and is reinvented anew.The exploration of what constitutes a civilised landscape for each poet leads to significant conclusions about the dynamic and evolving nature of shared public memories. Written when Rome was in the process of defining a new, post-war identity, the poems studied here capture the growing tension between community and individual development, the restoration of peace versus expansion through military means, and stability and change within the city. |
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... Edwards makes the point that the hut became a tangible symbol of the past . The hut was a symbol of Rome's resilience . Edwards asserts that it did not matter to the community where the hut stood or in how many places . " Rome's past ...
... Edwards 1996 , 37 . 46. Coarelli ( 1997 , 44 ) finds evidence of a Bronze Age settlement in the area . 47. Edwards 1996 , 42 . 48. Edwards 1996 , 35-9 . 49. Cicero's dream also appears in Plut . Cic . 44 and Dio Cass . 45.2 . 50 ...
... Edwards 1996 , 80 . 65. Edwards 1996 , 82 : ' The Capitoline hill in Tacitus ' account of the civil war becomes the place where the Roman capacity for self - destruction reaches its culmination - unmissably spectacular and irretrievably ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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