The peoples of ancient Italy / edited by Gary D. Farney and Guy Bradley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradley, Guy, editor.

Farney, Gary D., editor.

Series:

De Gruyter Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--Civilization--To 476.

Italy.

Alte Geschichte.

History, Ancient.

Italic peoples.

Kultur.

Völker.

Culture.

Tribes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (788 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although there are many studies of certain individual ancient Italic groups (e.g. the Etruscans, Gauls and Latins), there is no work that takes a comprehensive view of each of them-the famous and the less well-known-that existed in Iron Age and Roman Italy. Moreover, many previous studies have focused only on the material evidence for these groups or on what the literary sources have to say about them. This handbook is conceived of as a resource for archaeologists, historians, philologists and other scholars interested in finding out more about Italic groups from the earliest period they are detectable (early Iron Age, in most instances), down to the time when they begin to assimilate into the Roman state (in the late Republican or early Imperial period). As such, it will endeavor to include both archaeological and historical perspectives on each group, with contributions from the best-known or up-and-coming archaeologists and historians for these peoples and topics. The language of the volume is English, but scholars from around the world have contributed to it. This volume covers the ancient peoples of Italy more comprehensively in individual chapters, and it is also distinct because it has a thematic section.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Farney, Gary D. / Bradley, Guy

Themes in the Study of the Ancient Italian Peoples

How to Fit Italy into Greek Myth? / Briquel, Dominique

Strabo and Italian Ethnic Groups / Roller, Duane W.

Ancient Italian Numismatics / Horsnæs, Helle W.

Epigraphy and Nomenclature / Maras, Daniele F.

Problems in Identifying Central Italic Ethnic Groups / Benelli, Enrico

Ethnicity / Scopacasa, Rafael

Languages of Ancient Italy / Zair, Nicholas

Religions of Ancient Italy / Fazio, Massimiliano Di

Economy and Demography of Italy / Roselaar, Saskia T.

The Roman Conquest of Italy / Bradley, Guy / Hall, Joshua

The Italians in the Second Punic War / Fronda, Michael P.

The Social War / Santangelo, Federico

The Italians in Roman armies / Kent, Patrick Alan

The impact of Roman expansion and colonization on ancient Italy in the Republican period. From diffusionism to networks of opportunity / Stek, Tesse D.

Beyond Romanisation: settlement, networks and material culture in Italy, c. 400‒90 BC / Roth, Roman

The Peoples of Ancient Italy

The Bruttii / Cappelletti, Loredana

The Pre-Roman Peoples of Apulia (1000‒100 BC) / Yntema, Douwe

The Lucanians / Wonder, John W.

The Campanians / Mermati, Francesca

The Samnites / Tagliamonte, Gianluca

The Aurunci and Sidicini / Smith, Christopher J.

The Volscians and Hernicians / Gnade, Marijke

The Latins / Fulminante, Francesca

The Aequi / Benelli, Enrico

The Marsi / Letta, Cesare

The Vestini / Menozzi, Oliva / Acconcia, Valeria

The Sabines / Farney, Gary D. / Masci, Giulia

The Faliscans and the Capenates / Tabolli, Jacopo / Neri, Sara

The Picentes / Piceni / Menozzi, Oliva / Ciarico, Alessandra

The Umbri / Manconi, Dorica

The Etruscans / Turfa, Jean MacIntosh

The Ligurians / Paltineri, Silvia

The Veneti / Lomas, Kathryn

The Galli / Haeussler, Ralph

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 20, 2017).

ISBN:

9781501500145

1501500147

OCLC:

1013729185