The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History - Tapa dura

Grandazzi, Alexandre

 
9780801431142: The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History
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ISBN 10: 080143114X ISBN 13: 9780801431142
Editorial: Cornell University Press, 1997

Sinopsis

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 shows how the growing sophistication in methodology gradually changed the accepted views of the city's origins. He looks, for example, at the hypercritical philology of the nineteenth century which cast aside everything that could not be verified. He then explains how the increase in archaeological discoveries and changing archaeological techniques influenced the story of Rome's birth.Grandazzi produces a depiction of Rome's origins that is both up-to-date and provocative. His use of scientific parallels in describing changes in the ways texts were analyzed and his broad familiarity with comparative material make his synthesis particularly illuminating, and he writes with clarity, verve, and wit.

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Acerca del autor

Alexandre Grandazzi is Professor of Classics at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Jane Marie Todd is a freelance translator living in Oregon.

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Editorial
Cornell University Press
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
080143114X
ISBN 13 
9780801431142
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Número de páginas
256
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