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A major new interpretation of the impact of ancient Rome on our culture, this study charts the effects of two diametrically opposed views of Roman antiquity: the virtuous republic of self-less citizen soldiers and the corrupt empire of power-hungry tyrants. The power of these images is second only to those derived from Christianity in constructing our modern culture. Originally published in 1987.

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The Eternal City Roman Images in the Modern World

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      Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807865118, 978-0807865118
      ISBN10: 0807865117

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      Book Synopsis
      A major new interpretation of the impact of ancient Rome on our culture, this study charts the effects of two diametrically opposed views of Roman antiquity: the virtuous republic of self-less citizen soldiers and the corrupt empire of power-hungry tyrants. The power of these images is second only to those derived from Christianity in constructing our modern culture. Originally published in 1987.

      Trade Review
      Bondanella has an original theme, and brings to it an unusually wide knowledge in the fields of literature, art history, and the place of film in twentieth-century culture.--Denis Mack Smith, All Souls College, Oxford

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