The idea of Rome in Late Antiquity : from eternal city to imagined utopia / Ioannis Papadopoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papadopoulos, Ioannis, 1967- author.

Series:

Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--Rome.

Utopias.

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome--Antiquities, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The aim of this book is to approach 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 <i>Romanitas</i> were reshaped and used for various ideological causes. This monograph is unfolding 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 of the city would become part of the identity of the Romans of Rome highlighting a sense of cultural uniqueness in comparison to the inhabitants of other cities. Towards the end of the chronological limits set in this thesis various versions of <i>Romanitas</i> would emerge indicating new physical and spiritual potentials.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction: Between a Physical and an Imaginary City

I. Looking Backwards: Ordo Renascendi

II. The Adventus of Constantius

III. Between Rome and Athens

The Artificial Romanitas of Julian

IV. Between the Altar and the Court

Symmachus and Claudian in Action

V. Between Christ and a Roman Place

The Emergence of Christian Rome in Time and Space

VI. Between Jerusalem and Babylon

The Archetype of Rome in the City of God

Conclusions: From Rome to Eternity

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

1-003-70656-8

90-485-5351-2

9781003706564

OCLC:

1267762441