Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts)

Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts) by Edwards, Catharine. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521559522.

What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? Roman writers, Cicero, Virgil, Juvenal and others, described their city in many different ways: they marveled at its beauty, they despaired of its dirt, they explored its history, they lamented its absence. Their writings have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from antiquity.