A journey through myth, identity, power and crisis
Rome is not merely a city, an empire or a page in history. It is a grand narrative which, over the centuries, has sought to define its identity through the myth of its origins, the memory of its greatness, individual experiences and its relationship with power.

A journey of discovery through Rome, as told by Latin writers, to explore not only its splendour but also its contradictions, anxieties and fragilities.

Programme of events
Vittorio Belli Centre – 8.30 pm

20 November – Greatness as destiny (Livy, Virgil)

4 December – The self between time and love
Self-awareness as a sense of time (Catullus, Horace).

18 December – Thinking and writing amidst the crisis
the intellectual and power between the res publica and the principate
(Sallust, Cicero, Tacitus)

22 January – Rome in the mirror: the zenith and the crisis
(Lucan, Martial, Juvenal)

5 February – The work travels through time
From Petronius’ *Satycricon* to Fellini’s *Satyricon*

Event at the cinema
Cinema Teatro Astra – 8.30 pm

9 February – Screening of Federico Fellini’s film *Satyricon*

Organised by Alessandro Agnoletti, Director of the A. Panzini Library, and Prof. Elisabetta Perra, G. Cesare – M. Valgimigli Classical High School.
Info: A. Panzini Library 0541 343889