Venice and the Two Romes: Byzantium and Rome as a Double Heritage in Venetian Cultural Politics Author(s): Debra Pincus Source: Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 13, No. 26 (1992), pp. 101-114 Published by: IRSA s.c. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1483433 . Accessed: 20/09/2014 23:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. IRSA s.c. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Artibus et Historiae. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 146.201.208.22 on Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:09:31 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions DEBRA PINCUS Venice and the Two Romes: Byzantium and Rome as a Double Heritage in Venetian Cultural Politics The issue in these remarks is the relationship between Venetian legends, the story of the meeting of FrederickBar- Rome and that other durable power center of Italy, Venice.1 barossa and Alexander Ill,the hints of which already appear in Moreover,two Romes are involved:Old Rome,the Imperialcity Da Canal. A putative event of the twelfth century-but fully of emperors and popes, developed by Augustus as caputmun- developed