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A cultu atque humanitate […] longissime absunt.
Barbarii în Bellum Gallicum
A cultu atque humanitate […] longissime absunt. The Barbarians in Bellum Gallicum
Author(s): Elena Tia SanduSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Semantics, Other Language Literature
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: cultus; humanitas; barbarus; virtus Romana; virtus Barbara;
Summary/Abstract: Although the terms that constitute the contemporary paradigm of “cultural diversity” are of Latin origin, does its meaning, today a positive and inclusive one, have any overlap with the Ancient Roman reality? This paper sets out to seek answers in Latin texts (and contexts), by examining the occurrences of certain terms from the semantic area are allotted to the idea of Roman culture: cultus, humanitas, barbarus, virtus their meanings and their share within the identity-otherness relationship.
Journal: Quaestiones Romanicae
- Issue Year: XI/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 145-156
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian
