RELACIONES ENTRE DESCRIPCIÓN GEOGRÁFICA Y DESCRIPCIÓN HISTÓRICA EN EL LIBRO 8 DE ENEIDA.

Aeneid's Book 8 offers a large version of Roman History from the beginnings of Janus and Saturnus to Accius' battle. Historic account is developed in two episodes: Evander and Aeneas' tour through Palanteum and the description of Vulcanus' shield. Both episodes can be taken as ekphrasis and the hypothesis of this paper considers that both must be read in a complementary way in order to assume that Virgilian proposal about history, unlike Livius, consists of a series of foundations written on the memory of Roman natural and urban geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]