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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... sense of continuity and consolation for the Romans . During the late Republic , the Romans lacked a sense of cohesive pride in their city and a collective identity that could unite them as a community . In the last highly divisive ...
... sense of cultural identity came in part from shared recol- lections , the act of preserving and commemorating public memories was crucial to their society's sense of well - being . Moreover , as Gowing suggests , a significant part of ...
... sense of continuity between the past and present . To experi- ence seeing the city completely , therefore , was to understand the meaning and memories behind its physical monumenta , which were imbued with multiple associations for ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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