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[...] the book offers a new and broad perspective especially on literary discussions about the power of disasters, real and imagined, the commemoration of catastrophes in the Roman world as well as the ideological and literary models and topoi applied to such disasters. As a result, it is valuable especially for specialists in the fields of catastrophes and urban disasters, who are looking for fresh and stimulating perspectives. [...] The translations of the numerous quoted Latin texts are well done. Saskia Kerschbaum in: BMCR 2021.05.28.

[...] the book offers a new and broad perspective especially on literary discussions about the power of disasters, real and imagined, the commemoration of catastrophes in the Roman world as well as the ideological and literary models and topoi applied to such disasters. As a result, it is valuable especially for specialists in the fields of catastrophes and urban disasters, who are looking for fresh and stimulating perspectives. [...] The translations of the numerous quoted Latin texts are well done. Saskia Kerschbaum in: BMCR 2021.05.28.

""[...] the book offers a new and broad perspective especially on literary discussions about the power of disasters, real and imagined, the commemoration of catastrophes in the Roman world as well as the ideological and literary models and topoi applied to such disasters. As a result, it is valuable especially for specialists in the fields of catastrophes and urban disasters, who are looking for fresh and stimulating perspectives. [...] The translations of the numerous quoted Latin texts are well done."" Saskia Kerschbaum in: BMCR 2021.05.28.

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Virginia M. Closs and Elizabeth E. Keitel, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.

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