The Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity
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The Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity

From Eternal City to Imagined Utopia

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eBook - ePub

The Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity

From Eternal City to Imagined Utopia

About this book

This book approaches the manifestation and evolution of the idea of Rome as an expression of Roman patriotism and as an (urban) archetype of utopia in late Roman thought in a period extending from AD 357 to 417. Within this period of about a human lifetime, the concepts of Rome and Romanitas were reshaped and used for various ideological causes. This monograph unfolds through a selection of sources that represent the patterns and diversity of this ideological process. The theme of Rome as a personified and anthropomorphic figure and as an epitomized notion 'applied' on the urban landscape would become part of the identity of the Romans of Rome highlighting a sense of cultural uniqueness in an era when their city's privileged status was challenged. Towards the end of the chronological limits set in this thesis various versions of Romanitas would emerge indicating new physical and spiritual potentials.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040792681
Topic
History
Subtopic
Byzantine History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: Between a Physical and an Imaginary City
  8. I Looking Backwards: Ordo Renascendi
  9. II The Adventus of Constantius
  10. III Between Rome and Athens: The Artificial Romanitas of Julian
  11. IV Between the Altar and the Court: Symmachus and Claudian in Action
  12. V Between Christ and a Roman Place: The Emergence of Christian Rome in Time and Space
  13. VI Between Jerusalem and Babylon: The Archetype of Rome in the City of God
  14. Conclusions: From Rome to Eternity
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index