Main entry:

Fraschetti, Augusto.

Title & Author:

The foundation of Rome / Augusto Fraschetti ; translated from the Italian by Marian Hill and Kevin Windle.

Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2005.

Description:

xiv, 178 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. twins -- 1. vestal and the she-wolf -- 2. Grandparents and ancestors -- 3. adolescence in the bosom of 'nature' : the world of the luperci -- 4. At the conquest of Alba -- 2. foundation -- 1. On the site of Rome : taking the auspices, and the death of Remus -- 2. 'Roma Quadrata' and the pomerium -- 3. civic body and its organs -- 4. abduction of the women and the war against the Sabines -- 5. From the domestic fires of the curiae to the hearth of Vesta -- 6. Archaeology and the 'rights' of criticism -- 7. Settlements and festive rituals : from Romulus to Tullus Hostilius -- 3. Romulus' government and his wars -- 1. Romulus 'the lawgiver' -- 2. calendar -- 3. joint reign of Romulus and Titus Tatius -- 4. Romulus' wars -- 4. disappearance of the founder : Romulus 'cut into pieces' or his apotheosis -- 1. founder's disappearance : two traditions -- 2. ascent into heaven : the highly ambiguous characteristics of a tradition -- 3. Romulus and the god Quirinus -- 4. dismemberment of the body : comparativist perspectives -- 5. Romulus in the South Seas -- 6. Roman view : the disappearance of Romulus and the foundation of the comitia -- 7. body of Romulus and the origins of the patriciate -- 8. death of Romulus and the destiny of Caesar -- App. I. ambiguous status of Tarpeia -- App. II. wall at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Translation of: Romolo Il Fondatore.

Summary:

Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0748621202 (cased)
9780748621200 (cased)
0748621210 (pbk.)
9780748621217 (pbk.)

Subject:

Romulus und Remus.
Archaeology and history Italy Rome.
Archaeology in literature.
Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Rome.
Mythology, Roman.
Archéologie et histoire Italie Rome.
Archéologie dans la littérature.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Rome.
Mythologie romaine.
15.52 Roman Empire.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and history.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Gründung
Mythologie
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Mythen.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome History To 476 A.D.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rom.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Hill, Marian, 1951- translator.
Windle, Kevin, 1947- translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245349
Call No.: BIB 174979
Status: Available