Legendary Rome Myth, Monuments and Memory on the Palantine and Capitoline

This is the first book to offer a comparative treatment of the reinvention of Rome?'s origins in the poetry of Vergil, Tibullus and Propertius. It also examines the impact that the changing topography of Rome, as orchestrated by the emperor Augustus, had on those poets? renditions of Rome?'s legendary past. When the poets explore the significance of Augustus? reconstruction of the Palatine and Capitoline hills, they create new meaning and memories for the story of Rome?'s legendary foundations. As the tradition of Rome?'s mythic and legendary origins evolves through each poetic revision, the past transforms and is reinvented anew. Written when Rome was in the process of defining a new identity, the poems studied here capture the growing tension between community and individual development, the restoration of peace vs expansion through military means, and stability and changewithin the city.Rea, Jennifer a. is the author of 'Legendary Rome Myth, Monuments and Memory on the Palantine and Capitoline', published 2007 under ISBN 9780715636466 and ISBN 0715636464.