Nicola Denzey Lewis. The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.At first glance, the book under discussion appears to be a survey of the ways modern amateurs, historians, and archaeologists have shaped—author Nicola Denzey Lewis would perhaps say ‘fabricated’—the history of the city of Rome in late antiquity. In fact, the book is much more than that. The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome is a lesson on method and the urgent need for scholars to reflect on the assumptions and practices animating their research.
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