The Foundation of Rome Myth and History /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grandazzi, Alexandre
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
To 476
Archaeology in literature.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy > Rome.
Archaeology and history > Italy > Rome.
Mythology, Roman.
Archéologie dans la littérature.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Italie > Rome.
Archéologie et histoire > Italie > Rome.
Mythologie romaine.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Archaeology in literature
Excavations (Archaeology)
Historiography
Mythology, Roman
Rome (Italy) > Antiquities.
Rome > History > To 510 B.C. > Historiography.
Rome (Italy) > History > To 476.
Rome (Italie) > Antiquités.
Rome (Italie) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 476.
Italy > Rome
Rome (Empire)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface / Grimal, Pierre
  • 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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