Tra polis e civitas

Among the greatest historians and scholars of antiquity, Giovanni Brizzi brings us into the meshes of the power of Rome, to better understand the subtle distinction between polis and civitas, the idea of citizen as an irreplaceable entity for the very definition of homeland, at different levels. A lectio magistralis to ask ourselves about the identity of individuals as a bridge for a wider identity, of social belonging and civic commitment, which has reached us from Rome.