The Myth of Rome and the Roman World in the Experience of the First Medieval Communes in Central- Northern Italy and in Southern France Enrica Salvatori Erasmus IP – Siegen (18/03/2010)

1. The Myth of Rome and the Roman World in the Experience of the First Medieval Communes in Central- Northern Italy and in Southern France Erasmus IP – Siegen (18/03/2010)

2. The Myth of Rome

16. Cathedral façade

19. Several tombs in Roman sarcophagus Beatrice tomb (XI c.) Roman sarcophagus (II a.C.) with the reliefs of Fedra and Hippolytus’ myth It was in the south wall of the Cathedral (now in the monumental courtyard) The most honorable kind of tomb for important people Witness of a political program : recupero and showing bounds with the ancient Rome

28. Late influences Nicola e Giovanni Pisano Nicola Pisano took inspiration from the sarcophagus of Fedra to create some shapes for the pulpit of the baptistery

30. Milan XII - Porta Romana

31. Milan XII Porta Romana + ANNO DOMINICE INCARNATIONIS MILESSIMO CENTESIMO SEXAGESIMO SEPTIMO DIE IOVIS QUINTO KAL. MAGII MEDIOLANENSES INTRAVERUNT CIVITATEM +ANNO DOMINICE INCARNATIONIS MILESSIMO CENTESIMO SEPTUAGESIMO PRIMO MENSE MARTII HOC OPUS TURRIUM ET PORTARUM HABUIt INITIUM CONSULES REIPUBLICE QUI IVI ERANT ET HOC OPUS FIERI FECERUNT FUERUNT (names) … 1162 destruction of Milan by Frederik I 1167 the inhabitants go back into the city 1171 Porta Romana rebuilt with reliefs and epigraph recalling Roman reliefs and the Republic

33. Cola di Rienzo Cola di Rienzo, tribune of Roman People in XIV cent. His goal was to do well in Rome, despite being the seat of the Pope and the Emperor even in theory, a municipality with its own laws and resources, governed by representatives of the people of Rome, inspired by the memory of his greatness. He was very fond of Roman history and remains He deliberately use Roman titles and languages in public documentation and in speeches Another different USE of Rome , even in a municipality: the Rome of Cola is the Roman Republic, symbol of freedom and justice, where the power was in the hands of the People ruled by laws. Now a modern statue of Cola is in Roma at EUR district build entirely by fascist rule using deliberately the myth of Rome