Ancient Umbria : state, culture, and identity in central Italy from the Iron Age to the Augustan era / Guy Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Guy, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Umbria (Italy)--History.

Umbria (Italy).

Umbria (Italy)--Relations--Rome.

Rome--Relations--Italy--Umbria.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 333 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines the history of Umbria in the first millenium B.C., examining the reasons behind the successful Roman conquest of this area and the impact of Roman domination on the plurality of cultures, religions and identities in the region.

Contents:

Note on citation of words in Umbrian and other non-Latin Italic languages

1. Approaching the history of ancient Umbria

2. Umbria before the Roman conquest

3. The Roman conquest and colonization of Umbria

4. Urbanism and society in Umbria between the conquest and the Social War

5. Romanization, the Social War, and integration into the Roman state

6. Umbria in Italy: some comparisons and conclusions

App. 1. Architectural terracottas and temple podia in the Sixth Augustan Region (Umbria) in the first millennium B.C.

App. 2. Umbrian inscriptions

App. 3. Latin inscriptions dating to before the Social War

App. 4. Firmly attested treaties formed by Rome during the conquest of Italy, 338-264 B.C.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-383-03816-3

1-280-44660-9

0-19-155409-X

1-4237-8568-1

OCLC:

1027206789