The Idea of Rome: From Antiquity to the Renaissance.

211 p. Lediglich die Broschur ist minimal berieben. Sonst aber ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Introduction xi PART ONE: THE NOBLE REPUBLIC POLYBIUS The Uniqueness of Rome Comparison with Sparta and Carthage CICERO Greeks and Romans The Influence of Pythagoras SALLUST Decline in Morals LIVY Alexander the Great versus Rome THEODOR MOMMSEN Caesar's Achievement PART TWO: IMPERIAL ROME VIRGIL Rule without End Rome's History and Mission Aeneas at the Site of Rome Reconciliation THE NEW TESTAMENT Appeal unto Caesar Babylon the Great TACITUS Gauls in the Senate Benefits of Roman Rule Roman Rapacity AELIUS ARISTIDES The City of Rome The Roman Empire The Roman Citizenship EDWARD GIBBON The Greatness of Rome PART THREE: SUNSET IN THE WEST ST. JEROME Miseries and Calamities Further Miseries Aftermath RUTILIUS NAMATIANUS Rome's Swan-Song ST. AUGUSTINE The Roman Example VALENTINIAN III The Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome JAMES VISCOUNT BRYCE Rome's Legacy to the Middle Ages PART FOUR: A CITY OF RUINS WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY and HILDEBERT OF LAVARDIN Pagan and Christian Rome GIOVANNI VILLANI The Jubilee of PETRARCH First Impressions of Rome Walks in Rome ANTONIO MANETTI Brunelleschi in Rome JACOB BURCKHARDT Rome, the City of Ruins APPENDIX: ROME AND FLORENCE GIOVANNI VILLANI The Building of Florence DANTE Florence versus Rome BOCCACCIO Dante's Birth LEONARDO BRUNI Florence, the Heir of Republican Rome MACHIAVELLI The Domestic Discords of Republics Bibliography.