The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of AugustineImperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world. |
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... Italian manu- script of the late fifth century as both objects and texts . Vergil is seated on a throne , holding a rolled - up manuscript scroll , with a lectern at the left and a lock- able container for scrolls at the right . The ...
... Italian manu- script of the late fifth century as both objects and texts . Vergil is seated on a throne , holding a rolled - up manuscript scroll , with a lectern at the left and a lock- able container for scrolls at the right . The ...
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... Italy , from Au- gustine , who began his professional life as a grammarian and rhetor of the Latin language in Roman North Africa . Later , like many other talented men of his time , Augustine converted to Christianity and then became a ...
... Italy , from Au- gustine , who began his professional life as a grammarian and rhetor of the Latin language in Roman North Africa . Later , like many other talented men of his time , Augustine converted to Christianity and then became a ...
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... Italian and Roman traditions.24 In particular , Vergil's interpreta- tion of episodes in the legendary history of Italy and Rome entailed com- plex choices among conflicting and incompatible views of the past . An example is Vergil's ...
... Italian and Roman traditions.24 In particular , Vergil's interpreta- tion of episodes in the legendary history of Italy and Rome entailed com- plex choices among conflicting and incompatible views of the past . An example is Vergil's ...
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... Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars ( c . 1000-264 B.C. ) ( Lon- don 1995 ) , pp . 57–63 . 29. For this aspect of the Aeneid , see W. R. Johnson , Darkness Visible . A Study of Vergil's Aeneid , to be consulted with ...
... Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars ( c . 1000-264 B.C. ) ( Lon- don 1995 ) , pp . 57–63 . 29. For this aspect of the Aeneid , see W. R. Johnson , Darkness Visible . A Study of Vergil's Aeneid , to be consulted with ...
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Contents
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The Scent of a Rose Language and Grammar between Pagans and Christians | 41 |
The Tears Run Down in Vain Emotions Soul and Body | 85 |
Gods of Our Homeland The Nature of True and False Worship | 128 |
The High Walls of Rome The City on Earth and the Heavenly City | 171 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Select Bibliography | 229 |
247 | |
General Index | 251 |
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