Religious architecture and Roman expansion : temples, terracottas, and the shaping of identity, 3rd-1st c. BCE / Sophie Crawford-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford-Brown, Sophie, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temples--Rome.

Temples.

Architectural terra-cotta--Rome.

Architectural terra-cotta.

Cultural appropriation--Rome.

Cultural appropriation.

Architecture and society--Rome.

Architecture and society.

Rome--Colonies.

Rome.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion uses architectural terracottas as a lens for examining the changing landscape of central Italy during the period of Roman military expansion, and for asking how local communities reacted to this new political reality. It emphasizes the role of local networks and exchange in the creation of communal identity, as well as the power of visual expression in the formulation and promotion of local history. Through detailed analyses of temple terracottas, Sophie Crawford-Brown sheds new light on 'Romanization' and colonization processes between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE. She investigates the interactions between colonies and indigenous communities, asking why conquerors might visually emulate the conquered, and what this can mean for power relations in colonial situations. Finally, Crawford-Brown explores the role of objects in creating cultural memory and the intensity of our need for collective history-even when that 'history' has been largely invented.

Contents:

Chronological uncertainties and the "Romanization" tangle

The power of the past : conscious archaizing and the development of the "standard temple kit"

Local identity and local networks : two case studies

Inventing history, inventing identity

Reframing and remediating : reception of architectural terracottas in the early Empire.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

ISBN:

9781009445085

1009445081

9781009445122

100944512X

9781009445078

1009445073