Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts) - Softcover

Edwards, Catharine

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9780521559522: Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521559529 ISBN 13: 9780521559522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? Roman writers, Cicero, Virgil, Juvenal and others, described their city in many different ways: they marveled at its beauty, they despaired of its dirt, they explored its history, they lamented its absence. Their writings have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from antiquity.

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The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city were crowded with meanings and associations.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521559529
ISBN 13 
9780521559522
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
146
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