El guardián de la memoria: Solino y sus Collectanea rervm memorabilivm

Abstract

Solinus wrote his Collectanea rerum memorabilium with the firm purpose of preserving Classical culture’s memoria, when the author perceived that he was living a time of decadence, far away from the golden age of antiquity. This summa of knowledge will take shape in the Collectanea rerum memorabilium through a careful structural planning, which thus will give coherence to the whole work. This paper explores Solinus’ programmatic statements, his position regarding the sources and the structural planning chosen by the author for his work.