Classical Culture and the Idea of Rome in Eighteenth-Century England

Philip Ayres

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Preface List of abbreviations List of plates 1. Oligarchy of virtue - liberty and the Roman analogy Civic virtue and the Roman analogy Literary personae: Pope, Swift, Johnson, Thomson, Fielding, Burke 2. Virtue made visible - sensibility, sculpture, political gardens and temples 3. Britannia Romana - Romano-British archaeology: pioneers The Roman Knights and the recruitment of the aristocracy Architect as archaeologist: Burlington 4. Britannia Romana revived - architecture, collections, the numinous in landscape and house 5. Beyond the mainstream: classical nostalgia and freethinking Conclusion Appendix: books on archaeology owned by Burlington: an annotated shelf-list Bibliography Notes Index.

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