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Series Editor: Maria Wyke, University College London. The ancient world did not end with the sack of Rome in the fifth century ad. Its literature, politics, and culture have been adopted, contested, used and abused, from the middle ages to the present day, by both individuals and states. The Classical Receptions Series presents new ...
Underlying such problems are American prejudices concerning Republics Empires, an unsophisticated popular understanding of the terms "empire" and perialism," as well as the predominance in modern American consciousness of a icatured image of Rome that originates in Hollywood films.
Ranging from the eighteenth century to the present day, through novels, journalism, film, and photography, Time and Antiquity in American Empire reconfigures our understanding of how cultural and political life has generated an analogy between Roman antiquity and the imperial US state-both to justify and perpetuate it, and to
31 sty 2022 · The generation of American revolutionaries found the classics so appealing because they perceived the ancient republics as the origin and embodiment of some of the most powerful ideals they cherish...
Essays by an international team of scholars present a comprehensive introduction to the Roman historians, examining the ways in which the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and the impact of this tradition on later periods.
10 paź 2008 · About this book. Ancient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role the narratives and images of Rome have played in America’s understanding of itself and its history. Places America’s response to Rome in a historical context, from the Revolutionary era to the present. Show all.
22 gru 2022 · Introduction. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2022. Dean Hammer. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. Questions of the American founding are organized around debates about its republican, liberal, or religious heritage.
