CaixaForum Tarragona back to life and customs of ancient Tarraco

Tarragona. Costa Dorada. The Social "la Caixa" traces a brief history of the ancient Roman city of Tarragona by relating it to some of the most remarkable works of Plautus and Virgil. The lectures will take place in Tarragona CaixaForum (c / Cristofor >Colom, 2), from 10 to 31 January 2012 Literature is an artistic representation of the experiences of men and women of every age and every place, so it helps to better understand the character and functioning of a particular civilization, even if this is old. Where the material evidence may fail to reach the literary evidence. It is, for example, if the writings that were bequeathed Plautus and Virgil authors also succeeded in reflecting universal feelings and well beyond the boundaries of the community, becoming classics of Western literature. Plautus and Virgil were not in Tarragona, but they tell us in his works it was part of the uses, customs and concerns of Tarragona at the time. In this sense, the goal of the Obra Social "la Caixa" is showing some aspects of the legacy of these two great authors and relate them to past history and the Roman city of Tarragona through lectures Fiction arqueologicoliteràries . Plautus i Virgili in Tarragona, Tarragona CaixaForum that hold from 10 to 31 January 2012. The cycle then propose a literary walk to the comedies of Plautus and Virgil's Aeneid through the thread of the presence of Roman Tarragona and the archaeological remains that the city has been preserved, since founded by Scipio brothers until the time of Augustus. The Social "la Caixa" traces a brief history of the ancient Roman city of Tarragona by relating it to some of the most remarkable works of Plautus and Virgil. The lectures will take place in Tarragona CaixaForum (c / Cristofor Colom, 2),  from 10 to 31 January 2012

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