THE IDEALIZED ROME IN THE ROMANIAN HISTORICAL IMAGINARY BEFORE 1918
THE IDEALIZED ROME IN THE ROMANIAN HISTORICAL IMAGINARY BEFORE 1918

Summary/Abstract: The Idealized Rome in the Romanian Historical Imaginary before 1918. By the time when Transylvania became part of Romania in 1918, the idealized image of ancient Rome became a defining element of the Romanian historical imaginary. An important factor in this evolution was the gradual emergence of the modern national identity constructs in the context of several internal and external social-political and cultural transformations which shaped the ways in which various social groups integrated the past into their collective memory. As a consequence, the idealized ancient Rome was gradually transformed from an intellectual ideal to an ideal ancestor to a driving force in the nation’s quest for modernization.

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