Apropiaciones de la Antigüedad. Legitimación del poder y transmisión de un mito

Abstract

On these pages we afford the introduction of the research projectdeveloped about the perception of Antiquity and the appropriations of this one exerted along the different historical ages in many European countries and territories; this is specially observed in Spain and Rumania for the posed specific case of appropriations of the Rumanian ancient history. By means of analyzing the Rumanian scholarship related to nationalism in this country and studying the Getic Myth –about the confusion and identification between Goths and the ancientsettlers of Rumania, Getae or Dacians— and its transmission on the European mythical genealogies from Antiquity until our days, this research intends to confirm with that example the great power of legitimation and justification owned by the Past, and specially by the most ancient one, on different times and national circumstances.