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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrenato, Nicola, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristocracy (Social class)--Rome--History.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Elite (Social sciences)--Rome--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : 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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2019).

ISBN:

1-108-52993-3

1-108-53419-8

1-108-52519-9