I sapienti del Senato.

De Angelis discusses the monograph by D. Internullo that focuses on the intellectual foundations of the commune of Rome, understood as a symbolic capital which the political leaders and cultured elites of the city used in the dual, concomitant process of theorizing and legitimizing the new institutional formation. It is a book about the central role of culture - documentary culture, no less than historical culture - and its ability to guide shared choices and influence political practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]