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. |
Contents
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | |
Preserving the Past for the Present | |
Reinventing Rome in Tibullus 2 5 and Aeneid 8 | |
Refounding Rome in Propertius 4 1 4 4 and 4 9 | |
Rome Restored | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index Locorum | |
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Actium Aeneas Aeneid ancient archaic Rome argues associated audience Augustan city Augustan Rome Augustus Cacus Capitoline hill Capitolium celebration city’s civil commemorate community of Augustan community’s created Dionysius of Halicarnassus early city early community early Rome Edwards emperor emphasis Empire entry established Evander Evander’s Fasti Favro foundation story founder Galinsky gods Golden Age Haselberger 2002 Hercules highlighted hut of Romulus identity Jupiter Optimus Maximus Jupiter Tonans Jupiter’s landscape legendary past Livy Magna Mater Maltby memory Messalinus monuments moral myth narrative neighbourhoods Ovid Ovid’s Palatine and Capitoline Palatine hill Parilia peace poem poets preservation Propertius proto-Rome recalled reign renewal Republic restoration ritual role Roman community Rome’s foundations Rome’s origins Rome’s past Romulus and Remus Rothwell Sabines Saturn settlement shrines significance social drama society space Steinby suggests Tarpeia Tatius Temple of Jupiter theme Tibullus 2.5 topography tradition Vergil’s Victory visual culture Wallace-Hadrill Wiseman Zanker