A major new interpretation of the impact of ancient Rome on our culture, this study charts the effects of two diametrically opposed views of Roman antiquity: the virtuous republic of self-less citizen soldiers and the corrupt empire of power-hungry tyrants. The power of these images is second only to those derived from Christianity in constructing our modern culture. Few modern readers are aware of how indebted we are to the Roman model of our political philosophy, art, music, cinema, opera, and drama.
Originally published in 1987.
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Page numbers in boldface refer to illustrations.
Adams, John, 128, 129, 130; Defense of the Constitutions of America, 130
Adrian IV (pope), 31
Agrippa, 6
Agrippina the Younger, 19
Alciati, Andrea, 78–80; Annotationes in Comelium Taritum, 78–79, 81; Emblemata, 79, 80, 81
Alfieri, Vittorio, 113–14; Bruto primo, 137; Bruto seconde 137
Allori, Alessandro, 76–78; The Consul Flaminius in Coundl with the Achaeans, 76; Julius Caesar Receives Tribute from Egypt, 76; Syphax of Numidia Receives Scipio, Victor Over Hasdrubal in Spain, 76; The Return of Cicero from Exile, 76, 77
Ammirato, Scipione, 83; Discourses on Cornelius Taritus, 83
Anderson, Poul, 232–33
Antiquity, cult of: in “civic” humanism, 37–46; in the American Revolution, 129–30, 136–37; in the French Revolution, 130–36, 138–39, 141–43; in the Italian Risorgimento, 160–65; as justification for imperialism, 165–66; in Italian fascism, 172–206
Antoninus Pius (emperor), 20
Antony, Mark, 87–89, 215, 216
Appleton, Thomas, 144
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 30
Arcimbaldo, Angelo, 66
Aristode, 41–42
Armellini, Carlo, 160
Arminius, 68–69, 70–71
Arnold of Brescia, 31
Asimov, Isaac: invention of “galactic empire” theme by, 229; link to Gibbon in, 229; influence on science fiction cinema of, 233; Foundation trilogy by, 229–33
Aude, Joseph, 143
Augustine, St., 23–25, 84; The City of God, 23,31
Augustus (emperor), 8, 18, 150; in Corneille, 106–7; in Montesquieu, 119; compared to Napoleon, 189; compared to Mussolini, 191, 201–3; in Graves, 220, 221, 222
Aurelius, Marcus (emperor), 20, 61, 224, 225, 226, 227
Autocracy, 8
Bara, Theda, 210, 212
Barzini, Luigi, Jr., 35, 183, 206
Barzini, Luigi, Sr., 177
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ONE. History Into Myth
- TWO. The Rebirth of The Myth of Rome In The Early Renaissance
- THREE. The Myth of Rome In The High Renaissance and the Reformation
- FOUR. Roman Myth and Melodrama In the Baroque and Neoclassical Ages
- FIVE. The Myth of Rome In An Age of Reason and Revolution
- SIX. Romanticism and Risorgimento
- SEVEN. Mussolini’s Fascism and The Imperial Vision of Rome
- EIGHT. Permutations of The Myth of Rome In Modern Literature, Cinema, and Popular Culture
- NINE. Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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