The book presents a radical new interpretation of Roman expansion in Italy. Argues that the process was achieved by means of a grand bargain among local elites rather than through military conquest. Using archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence, it reconstructs the family interactions that tied together Italian aristocrats to form a new state.
The book presents a radical new interpretation of Roman expansion in Italy. Argues that the process was achieved by means of a grand bargain among local elites rather than through military conquest. Using archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence, it reconstructs the family interactions that tied together Italian aristocrats to form a new state.
Nicola Terrenato is the Esther B. Van Deman Collegiate Professor of Roman Studies at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in first-millennium BCE Italy, with particular reference to northern Etruria, early Rome and the period of the Roman conquest. Since 2007, he has directed the Gabii Project. He is co-editor of Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization (2001), Articulating Local Cultures: Power and Identity under the Expanding Roman Republic (2007), State Formation in Greece and Rome (2011), Roman Republican Villas: Architecture, Context, and Ideology (2012) and A Mid-Republican House from Gabii (2016).
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List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Views of Roman imperialism through time 2. The long-term context of Roman expansion: central Italian society and politics in the early first Millennium BCE 3. The global context of Roman expansion: the central Mediterranean between the late fifth and the early third centuries BCE 4. A heterogeneous conquest I: a cross section of polity biographies and types of conflicts 5. A heterogeneous conquest II: family biographies and agendas 6. The consequences of the expansion 7. Conclusions Works cited Index.
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Views of Roman imperialism through time 2. The long-term context of Roman expansion: central Italian society and politics in the early first Millennium BCE 3. The global context of Roman expansion: the central Mediterranean between the late fifth and the early third centuries BCE 4. A heterogeneous conquest I: a cross section of polity biographies and types of conflicts 5. A heterogeneous conquest II: family biographies and agendas 6. The consequences of the expansion 7. Conclusions Works cited Index.
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