The invention of Rome

Speaker: Prof. Piero Boitani, University of Rome 'Sapienza'

Time: 19:00-21:00, March 29 

Venue: Tecent Meeting 644-734-466 (Online)

Live streaming: https://ive.bilibili.com/24519212  

Abstract: How did Rome manage to conquer the entire world (meaning Europe and the Mediterranean) in only 63 years? I try to answer this question with a series of hypotheses, then move on to the Augustan ideal proposed by Virgil in the Aeneid and supported by Horace and many others. But Roman authors such as Julius Caesar, Sallustio, and above all Tacitus present Who answer theod Romans Rus invenied li impt aim and anti-imperialism for the world to come. The talk offers a series of pictures showing the relevant monuments of Rome.

Bio: Piero Boltan is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of Rome 'Sapienza'. A Fellow of the British Academy, the Medieval Academy of America, and the Accademia dei Lincei, he received in 2016 the prestigious Balzan Prize. His most recent books in English include The Machine of the World: The Modern Cosmos (2018) and A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics (2020).