Napoleon’s Vision for a New Imperial Rome
Why the fascination with Rome? I ask this having studied Latin and ancient cultures both in high school, college, and since (check out the excellent “history of Rome” podcast). Rome is the city where it all started but as an imperial seat Milan and Constantinople made far more sense as seats of government. It seems “because that’s what we’ve always done” is the logic and reasoning for Rome to have been the seat of empire and the antiquarian ideal of reestablishing that empire is why modern conquerors have placed so much emphasis on Rome as well. To me it doesn’t make sense.