The Foundation of Rome : : Myth and History / / Alexandre Grandazzi.
At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation of Rome takes as its starting point a series of accounts of Rome's origins offered over the course of centuries. Alexandre Grandazzi places these accounts in their contemporary contexts and show...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Prelude
- PART 1: PROLEGOMENA FOR ANY FUTURE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF ROME CLAIMING TO BE A SCIENCE
- 1. The Age of Philology
- 2. The Triumph of Archeology?
- 3. Georges Dumézil's Hermeneutics
- 4. The Historiological Dimension
- PART 2: DAWN
- 5. Surveying Latium
- 6. The Site of Rome
- 7. The Discovery ofLatium: From Treasure Hunt to Modern Archeology
- 8. The Temporal Order
- PART 3: AND ROME BECAME A CITY ...
- 9. Villages, Leagues, and Federations
- 10. Birth of the City
- 11. The Paths of Memory
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index