The Routledge handbook of the archaeology of urbanism in Italy in the age of Roman expansion / edited by Fabio Colivicchi and Myles McCallum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colivicchi, Fabio, 1968- editor.

McCallum, Myles, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Rome.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Italy.

Urban archaeology--Rome.

Urban archaeology.

Urban archaeology--Italy.

Rome--Antiquities.

Rome.

Italy--Antiquities.

Italy.

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Italy--History--To 476.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 563 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

"The Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Urbanism in Italy in the Age of Roman Expansion explores trends in urbanism across Italy in the period when Rome extended its power across the entire peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. Chapters present the most up-to-date archaeological data in the first broad and detailed treatment of this topic, superseding traditional academic particularism. They present a significant re-evaluation of the process of Roman imperialism and the role of urbanization within it. Particular attention is paid to evidence for local agency in different regions and at different sites, but general trends are also highlighted. Various types of urban sites are examined, including indigenous urban centers that pre-date Rome's conquest, colonies, both Greek and Roman, small centers in the hinterlands of larger urban entities, and the symbiotic relationship between urban centers and their rural territories. The volume challenges the existence of a standardized "Roman model" imposed on Rome's vanquished enemies through conquest and highlights that this was a period of intense experimentation. Archeological data are used to challenge traditional text based historiographic models and reveal the complex interplay and tensions between Roman imperial control, local and regional traditions, and broader Mediterranean trends. The book is of importance to archaeologists and ancient historians working on urbanism and Roman Imperialism, as well as those interested in early urbanism in the western Mediterranean and Europe and the comparative study of imperialism and colonialism across geographical areas and historical periods"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Fabio Colivicchi and Myles McCallum

Post-conquest urbanism in Hellenistic Italy: Peninsular perspectives / Jamie Sewell

The first steps of Roman conquest : Etruria and Latium / Fabio Colivicchi

Diverging narratives : archaeology, historical sources and urban trajectories in South Etruria / Fabio Colivicchi

Falerii : one name, two towns / Daniele F. Maras

The creation of Falerii Novi and the Roman conquest : archaeological and historical perspectives / Nicola Terrenato and Rachel Opitz

Filling in the gaps : the urban development of early and mid-Republican Gabii / Marcello Mogetta and Andrew C. Johnston

The urban form in Latium Adiectum in the mid-Republican period : Geo-political dynamics, institutions, cultural models and urban experiences / Francesco Maria Cifarelli

Populonia and North Etruria / Seth Bernard

The foundation of Cosa. Context, plans, and resources / Andrea U. De Giorgi

Early Roman expansion into Campania and the Apennines / Fabio Colivicchi

More than meets the eye. Fortified settlements and micro-scale community in Samnium ca. 300-100 BCE / Rafael Scopacasa

Beneventum. Continuity and discontinuity in the urban and rural organization / Alfonso Santoriello and Luigina Tomay

Urban settlement, rural landscape and "Romanization" in Campania between Neapolis and Suessula / Amedeo Rossi

Pompeii. New data on urban development between the fourth and the first centuries BCE / Marco Giglio

Rome and the Plain of Paestum : historical aspects and archaeological evidence / Carmine Pellegrino and Antonia Serritella

From sea to sea : Rome on the Adriatic / Fabio Colivicchi

The birth of the city and the urbanization of the Ager Gallicus (fourth-first century BCE) / Giuseppe Lepore and Michele Silani

Assessing the impact of Roman colonization on early urbanisation dynamics in Central Adriatic Italy, with a focus on Northern Picenum / Frank Vermeulen

South Italy before and after the conquest / Myles McCallum

Larinum and the Lower Biferno Valley, 400 BCE-50 BCE / Elizabeth C. Robinson

Urban trends in the interior of Puglia (Peucetia) and Basilicata (Oenotria/Lucania) : the case of the Basentello Valley / Myles McCallum

Roman colonization and urbanization in southern Italy : the case of Daunia / Maria Luisa Marchi

Reconsidering the impact of Roman expansionism on Daunian population centres in the Melfese area : new data on the primary settlements of Venosa, Banzi, and Lavello / Jeremia Pelgrom, Jesús García Sánchez, Tesse D. Stek

Urbanization and the process of Romanization in today's Calabria / G. Francesco La Torre

The first provinces : Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica / Fabio Colivicchi

Urbanism in Sicily at the birth of the Roman province / Lorenzo Campagna

Morgantina under Roman rule : continuity & change / D. Alex Walthall

Urbanization in Roman Sardinia from the third to the first century BCE / Ciro Parodo and Dario D'Orlando

Urbanism in Italy in the age of Roman expansion / Nicola Terrenato

Anything to do with conquest? / Fabio Colivicchi and Myles McCallum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Routledge handbook of the archaeology of urbanism in Italy in the age of Roman expansion

ISBN:

9781032222684

1032222689

9781032222738

1032222735

OCLC:

1417080600

Publisher Number:

99996525660