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The Roman conquest of Italy / Jean-Michel David ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
Van Pelt Library DG250.5 .D3813 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- David, Jean-Michel.
- Series:
- Ancient world (Oxford, England)
- The ancient world
- Standardized Title:
- Romanisation de l'Italie. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic relations.
- Italic peoples.
- History.
- Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Italic peoples--History.
- Rome--Ethnic relations.
- Italic peoples--Cultural assimilation.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 218 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Repr. with corrections.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1997.
- Summary:
- The book opens with a description of the peoples of Italy at around the end of the fourth century B.C. It describes the early success of Roman diplomacy and force in creating client populations among the Etruscans, the Latins and the Hellenized populations of the south. At the beginning of the period the Italian peoples sought to preserve their independence and ethnic traditions. By its end those who had not achieved Roman citizenship were demanding it.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631203214
- 0631203257
- OCLC:
- 34553519
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