Space of Archaic Rome in the Geography of Gaius Iulius Solinus

• Autores: Ekaterina Ilyushechkina
• Localización: Urban Space in Historical Geography: Collective Perception and Territoriality / Mariachiara Angelucci (ed. lit.), 2022, ISBN 9788418979361, págs. 289-298
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the case of Collectanea rerum memorabilium, the Latin compilation written by Gaius Iulius Solinus (III cent. A.D.), it would seem that we have another traditional ancient geographical work. However, Solinus prefaces his description of the inhabited world with an excursus on the historyof Rome, from its mythological origin and up to the Principate of Augustus(Solin., I 1-52). Such arrangement of the material is not found in other ancient geographical works and thus violates traditional models. This passageseems to demonstrate the specifics of the cultural memory and historicalsituation in the 3rd century A.D., considering that the geographical and political priority of Rome is so clearly emphasized here. My paper analyses thecontent of the passage (Solin., I 1-52) and presents a conclusion about thepolitical and geographical image of the Eternal City as the world capital inSolinus’ work and in his time: Rome first was the head of Latium, then ofItaly, and finally of the whole world.