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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... cultural narrative was played out in rituals established by Augustus , such as those surrounding the ringing bell in the front of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans on the Capitoline and the constant restora- tion of the hut of Romulus on the ...
... cultural sense in terms formerly held good , narrative and cultural drama may have the task of poiesis , that is , of remaking cultural sense even when they seem to be dismantling ancient edifices of meaning'.52 He further points out ...
... cultural identity has demonstrated how , in the years following 31 BC , the various members of the Roman community ... cultural identity was reshaped and re - established after Augustus came into power . Through the use of ritual , the ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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