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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... Vergil and Tibullus and investigates the ways in which Tibullus 2.5 presents an inversion of the Vergilian landscape . Both Vergil and Tibullus assign consider- able importance to the early landscape and the promise it holds for Rome's ...
... Vergil's tour that allows for his audience to see how the violent events that take place in the ancient city are what give the city its stable and prosperous appearance in Propertius ' own time . Because the community overcomes its ...
... Vergil : a shared tradition Although this chapter explores the idea that Augustus ' topographical restoration of the ... Vergil's potential for influence on Tibullus ' interpretation of early Rome . Murgatroyd determines the date of ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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