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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... Victory , which housed three major temples that were associated with past Roman military victories over barbarians and tyrants : the Temples of Victoria , Magna Mater , and Victoria Virgo . Augustus emphasized the role that Victoria ...
... Victory and the Temple of Magna Mater was a deliberate attempt to encourage ob- servers to see the associations between Augustus , Victory , and the founding of Rome . For the date of the restoration of Magna Mater , see Richardson ...
... Victory as theme in home of Augustus , 32-3 and triumphator ceremony , 25 see also precinct of Victory ; Temple of Victory visual culture Augustan emphasis on , 11 and memory , 67-70 motifs , 75 on the Palatine , 70-6 visuality defined ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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