Empire and Memory
The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2005
978-0-511-12657-4 (ISBN)
Description
The memory of the Roman Republic exercised a powerful influence on several generations of Romans who lived under its political and cultural successor, the Principate or Empire. Empire and Memory explores how (and why) that memory manifested itself over the course of the early Principate. Making use of the close relationship between memoria and historia in Roman thought and drawing on modern studies of historical memory, this book offers case-studies of major imperial authors from the reign of Tiberius to that of Trajan (AD 14-117). The memory evident in literature is linked to that imprinted on Rome's urban landscape, with special attention paid to the Forum of Augustus and the Forum of Trajan, both which are particularly suggestive reminders of the transition from a time when the memory of the Republic was highly valued and celebrated to one when its grip had begun to loosen.
Reviews / Votes
'This is an intelligent and stimulating book. Original, concise and consistently well-written, it also has the theoretical depth which characterises the Roman Literature and its Contexts series.' Sehepunkte 'I thoroughly enjoyed reading and thoroughly recommend this book, with which [Gowing] provides a thoughtful and thought-provoking treatment of issues that concern classicists specifically and students of cultural memory in general.' Ben Tipping, Harvard UniversityMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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File size
1,86 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-12657-4 (9780511126574)
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Person
Alain Gowing is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio (Ann Arbor, 1992) and is on the editorial board of both the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Classical Antiquity.
Content
1. Historia/memoria; 2. Res publica tiberiana; 3: 'Caesar, now be still'; 4. Rome's new past; 5. Remembering Rome.
