The early Roman expansion into Italy : elite negotiation and family agendas / Nicola Terrenato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrenato, Nicola, author.

Contributor:

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Republic, 510-265 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C.

Rome--Military antiquities.

Rome--Politics and government--510-30 B.C.

Italy--History--To 476.

Italy.

Historiography--Rome.

Historiography.

Antiquities.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xx, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book presents a radical new interpretation of Roman expansion in Italy during the fourth and third centuries BCE. Nicola Terrenato argues that the process was accomplished by means of a grand bargain that was negotiated between the landed elites of central and southern Italy, while military conquest played a much smaller role than is usually envisaged. Deploying archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence, he paints a picture of the family interactions that tied together both Roman and non-Roman aristocrats and that resulted in their pooling power and resources for the creation of a new political entity. The book is written in accessible language, without technical terms or quotations in Latin, and is heavily illustrated.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1108422675

9781108422673

OCLC:

1055263677