The Foundation of Rome : : Myth and History /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Grandazzi, Alexandre,
MitwirkendeR:
Grimal, Pierre,
Todd, Jane Marie,
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

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