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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... played in the stories of Rome's origins . The topography of the Palatine during the time of Augustus is considered in relation to Augustus ' novel use of spatial design and architecture on the hill , which created an artistic programme ...
... played in the stories of Rome's early foundations . It also examines the way in which Augustus restored the immediacy of the past when he built new monuments on the hill that recalled archaic Rome and Romulus ' foun- dations . In ...
... played in the political and religious life of the city , Augustus highlighted the connec- tions that Jupiter and Romulus had established with the hill because they were leaders who were responsible for initiating strong community ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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