What is it about?
This is a review of an edited volume. The theme of the volume is collective memory, particularly the ‘mnemonic power’ of objects and places within the ancient city of Rome, largely based on literary sources, as well as some epigraphic and numismatic evidence, which creates a multi-layered urban space full of monuments which are lost in the archaeological record.
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Why is it important?
This volume is a valuable contribution to research on the role of memory in perceptions of ancient Rome, and the book’s contributors create vivid vignettes of the monumentality of Rome, utilising literary sources where the material culture is lost.
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It was a pleasure to write this review.
Eleanor Betts
Open University
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This page is a summary of: ROME'S MONUMENTS IN LITERARY SOURCES. (M.) García Morcillo, (J.H.) Richardson, (F.) Santangelo (edd.) Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome. Pp. 299, ills, maps. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2016. Paper, €30. ISBN: 97..., The Classical Review, March 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0009840x17000233.
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