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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... religion and gods . There are no more days that are set for religious observance than there are places in which they are held . Camillus ' plea for the Romans not to abandon Rome and move the capitol to Veii was based on his compelling ...
... religious traditions of early Rome , and that these sites were in fact evidence of a wider visual culture of religious preservation that was taking place throughout the city , Augustus restored tradi- tional piety throughout the city as ...
... religious and political site , 21 , 28-9 as site of archaic Rome , 22-4 visual culture on , 70-6 visual impact of ... religious reforms and rituals , 58-9 , 70-3 Remus hut of , 109-10 multiple versions of death , 38-40 sacrifice of , 41 ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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