About Umberto Roberto, Il nemico indomabile. Roma contro i Germani, «I Robinson / Letture» (Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2018) p. viii, 391. – Analysis of the pages by U. Roberto on the myth of the freedom of the Germans, as it was interpreted in Germany, Italy and Europe between 1500 and the Second World War. The relationship between modern nation- states, especially Germany and Italy, and the legacy of Rome raises the question of the indisputable greatness of Greek-Roman civilization and its painful and problematic disappearance. The story has fed different readings of the characteristics of the Germans. The schizophrenia of the role of Rome and the Germans in judging ancient civilization and in the construction of modern Europe remains an unresolved issue. At the center of the reflection is the myth of Arminius in German culture: the virtues of the hero would be the root of the independence and primacy of the German people. The failure of the provincialisation of Germany beyond the Rhine, strongly desired by Augustus and the branch of Drusus, was a break-up. The history of ancient Rome with its multi-ethnic empire and its heavy civilization and of the free Germanic populations across the river Rhine is the history of an impossible fusion, of a failed interpenetration. Roberto’s book asks in watermark about a key element of current affairs: to what extent can the nation and the global world be reconciled?
Porena, P. (2019). I Germani, Arminio, Teutoburgo: audaci riletture moderne. INDEX. QUADERNI CAMERTI DI STUDI ROMANISTICI, 47, 307-312.
I Germani, Arminio, Teutoburgo: audaci riletture moderne
porena
2019-01-01
Abstract
About Umberto Roberto, Il nemico indomabile. Roma contro i Germani, «I Robinson / Letture» (Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2018) p. viii, 391. – Analysis of the pages by U. Roberto on the myth of the freedom of the Germans, as it was interpreted in Germany, Italy and Europe between 1500 and the Second World War. The relationship between modern nation- states, especially Germany and Italy, and the legacy of Rome raises the question of the indisputable greatness of Greek-Roman civilization and its painful and problematic disappearance. The story has fed different readings of the characteristics of the Germans. The schizophrenia of the role of Rome and the Germans in judging ancient civilization and in the construction of modern Europe remains an unresolved issue. At the center of the reflection is the myth of Arminius in German culture: the virtues of the hero would be the root of the independence and primacy of the German people. The failure of the provincialisation of Germany beyond the Rhine, strongly desired by Augustus and the branch of Drusus, was a break-up. The history of ancient Rome with its multi-ethnic empire and its heavy civilization and of the free Germanic populations across the river Rhine is the history of an impossible fusion, of a failed interpenetration. Roberto’s book asks in watermark about a key element of current affairs: to what extent can the nation and the global world be reconciled?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
