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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Introduction
1. Appropriating a Roman Past
2. Padua: Rehousing the Relics of Antenor
3. Genoa: Many Januses for Civic Unity
4. Siena: Romulus and Remus Revisited
5 Perugia: Adopting a New Aeneas
6. Classical Scholarship and Public Service
Conclusion
Biographical Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“Beneš’ study allows us intimate access to the heart of the North Italian city-state, to the aspirations, fears, and passions, not only of the elites but of the wider urban community. . . . [This is] a magnificent piece of scholarship and a highly valuable contribution to a subject full of modern-day resonance.”
—P. Oldfield, English Historical Review
