Stefano Rebeggiani
Biographic Data
| ID | 5130660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Rebeggiani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Rebeggiani |
| SIGNATURE | REBEGGIANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cultural History of Augustan Rome
This volume wades into the fertile waters of Augustan Rome and the interrelationship of its literature, monuments, and urban landscape. It focused on a pair of questions: how can we productively probe the myriad points of contact between textual and material evidence to write viable cultural histories of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and what are the limits of these kinds of analysis? The studies gathered here range from monumental absences…
Roman Agamemnon
This article examines three sections of the proem to Lucretius’ De rerum natura : the so-called hymn to Venus (Lucr. 1.1-43), the praise of Epicurus (1.62-79), and the Iphigenia passage (1.80-101). The article’s goal is to show that distinct, interconnected political echoes are perceptible in these three sections of Lucretius’ proem, and that Lucretius intertwines his philosophical teaching with Roman political culture in such a way as to make hi…
Riding among the stars
This chapter focuses on solar imagery in the Thebaid and its political and ideological implications. It begins by surveying uses of solar symbols in Rome prior to Domitian and in Domitian’s time. It shows that solar symbolism was extensively employed by Domitian and his entourage. In his exploitation of solar symbols, Domitian appropriated one of the most distinctive features of Nero’s self-representation. The chapter discusses Statius’ ability t…
The Gauls on the Capitol
In this chapter, the author considers the story of the Gallic sack in 390 BCE as a typical example of a Roman narrative of crisis and survival. This story was repeatedly evoked by spectators of the civil conflict of 69 CE and was exploited by the Flavian entourage to frame Vitellius’ descent into Italy. In particular, Domitian seems to have relied on this episode to mythologize his own participation in the battle of the Capitoline against Vitelli…
The Fragility of Power
A new reading of Statius’ main poem and its relationship with the cultural and political life at Rome under Domitian is given. This book studies in detail the poem’s view of power and its interaction with historical contexts. Written under Domitian and in the aftermath of the civil war of 69 CE, the Thebaid uses the veil of myth to reflect on the political reality of Imperial Rome. The poem presents itself to its audience and to the emperor as a …
Orestes, Aeneas, and Augustus
This chapter provides a new reading of the role of Orestes in Virgil’s Aeneid. It starts by examining Octavian’s use of the story of Orestes at the beginning of his political career. The myth of Orestes seems to have been harnessed in order to massage popular perception of some of Octavian’s actions during the 40s and 30s. A new reading of the Orestes passage in Aeneid 3 demonstrates its connection with earlier and later scenes in the poem, espec…
Reading the Republican Forum
The Fragility of Power
A new reading of Statius’ main poem and its relationship with the cultural and political life at Rome under Domitian is given. This book studies in detail the poem’s view of power and its interaction with historical contexts. Written under Domitian and in the aftermath of the civil war of 69 CE, the Thebaid uses the veil of myth to reflect on the political reality of Imperial Rome. The poem presents itself to its audience and to the emperor as a …
Reading the Republican Forum
Reading the Republican Forum
Orestes, Aeneas, and Augustus
This chapter provides a new reading of the role of Orestes in Virgil’s Aeneid. It starts by examining Octavian’s use of the story of Orestes at the beginning of his political career. The myth of Orestes seems to have been harnessed in order to massage popular perception of some of Octavian’s actions during the 40s and 30s. A new reading of the Orestes passage in Aeneid 3 demonstrates its connection with earlier and later scenes in the poem, espec…
Riding among the stars
This chapter focuses on solar imagery in the Thebaid and its political and ideological implications. It begins by surveying uses of solar symbols in Rome prior to Domitian and in Domitian’s time. It shows that solar symbolism was extensively employed by Domitian and his entourage. In his exploitation of solar symbols, Domitian appropriated one of the most distinctive features of Nero’s self-representation. The chapter discusses Statius’ ability t…
The Gauls on the Capitol
In this chapter, the author considers the story of the Gallic sack in 390 BCE as a typical example of a Roman narrative of crisis and survival. This story was repeatedly evoked by spectators of the civil conflict of 69 CE and was exploited by the Flavian entourage to frame Vitellius’ descent into Italy. In particular, Domitian seems to have relied on this episode to mythologize his own participation in the battle of the Capitoline against Vitelli…
The Fragility of Power
A new reading of Statius’ main poem and its relationship with the cultural and political life at Rome under Domitian is given. This book studies in detail the poem’s view of power and its interaction with historical contexts. Written under Domitian and in the aftermath of the civil war of 69 CE, the Thebaid uses the veil of myth to reflect on the political reality of Imperial Rome. The poem presents itself to its audience and to the emperor as a …
The Cultural History of Augustan Rome
This volume wades into the fertile waters of Augustan Rome and the interrelationship of its literature, monuments, and urban landscape. It focused on a pair of questions: how can we productively probe the myriad points of contact between textual and material evidence to write viable cultural histories of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and what are the limits of these kinds of analysis? The studies gathered here range from monumental absences…
Roman Agamemnon
This article examines three sections of the proem to Lucretius’ De rerum natura : the so-called hymn to Venus (Lucr. 1.1-43), the praise of Epicurus (1.62-79), and the Iphigenia passage (1.80-101). The article’s goal is to show that distinct, interconnected political echoes are perceptible in these three sections of Lucretius’ proem, and that Lucretius intertwines his philosophical teaching with Roman political culture in such a way as to make hi…
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