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From Roma quadrata to la grande Roma dei Tarquini : a study of the literary tradition on Rome's territorial growth under the Kings

Title
From Roma quadrata to la grande Roma dei Tarquini : a study of the literary tradition on Rome's territorial growth under the Kings / Adam Ziólkowski.
Author
Ziółkowski, Adam
Publication
  • Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
352 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
By the end of the regal period (late 6th c. BC) Rome was by far the greatest non-Greek city in Italy. How she attained her enormous size was a problem for the ancients no less than for the moderns. The former agreed on Rome's birth (the first city of the 8th c. BC on the Palatine's 15 hectares) and completion (all the traditional Seven Hills, ca. 400 hectares); everything in-between was a matter of dispute. The latter, while agreeing on the point of arrival, evidenced by the archaic remains of the 'Servian Wall', reject the point of departure and so the whole literary tradition on Rome's growth, pointing out that the Palatine was inhabited much earlier and the Capitol earlier still; another argument is a hypothetical huge (200?300 hectares) 'proto-urban centre' on Rome's site. The aim of this study is to assess the worth of the ancients' certainty that the Palatine was the city's cradle and see if their writings preserved dependable information on her growth; the results ? Rome was in fact founded on the Palatine and had one stage of growth between the 'Romulean' birth and the 'Servian-Tarquinian' achievement ? pass well the test of confrontation with the archaeological material.
Series Statement
  • Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Band 70
  • Alte Geschichte
Uniform Title
  • Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Bd. 70.
  • Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-333) and indexes.
Call Number
JFE 20-6200
ISBN
  • 9783515124515
  • 3515124519
LCCN
9783515124515
OCLC
1132875490
Author
Ziółkowski, Adam, author.
Title
From Roma quadrata to la grande Roma dei Tarquini : a study of the literary tradition on Rome's territorial growth under the Kings / Adam Ziólkowski.
Publisher
Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Band 70
Alte Geschichte
Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Bd. 70.
Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-333) and indexes.
Chronological Term
753-510 B.C.
Other Form:
9783515124522 e-book version
Other Standard Identifier
9783515124515
Research Call Number
JFE 20-6200
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