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Author Grandazzi, Alexandre.

Title The foundation of Rome : myth and history / Alexandre Grandazzi ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Special Collections on Request  TT 937.06 GRAN    LIB USE ONLY
Book Cover
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.
Contents PART 1: PROLEGOMENA FOR ANY FUTURE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF ROME CLAIMING TO BE A SCIENCE: The age of philology -- The triumph of archaeology? -- Georges Dumezil's hermeneutics -- The historiological dimension -- PART 2: DAWN: Surveying Latium -- The site of Rome -- The discovery of Latium: from treasure hunt to modern archaeology -- The temporal order -- PART 3: AND ROME BECAME A CITY...: Villages, leagues, and federation -- Birth of a city -- The paths of memory -- Conclusion.
Subject Rome (Italy) -- History -- To 476.
Rome -- History -- To 510 B.C. -- Historiography.
Mythology, Roman.
Archaeology and history -- Italy -- Rome.
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Rome.
Archaeology in literature.
Collection Transmissions and Transformations of the Ancient World
Add Title Fondation de Rome. English.
ISBN 080143114X (alk. paper)
080148247X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description x, 236 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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