Ancient Samnium [electronic resource] : settlement, culture, and identity between history and archaeology / Rafael Scopacasa.
2015
DG225.S26 S43 2015eb
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Ancient Samnium [electronic resource] : settlement, culture, and identity between history and archaeology / Rafael Scopacasa.
Author
Scopacasa, Rafael, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191782152 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198713760 doi
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DG225.S26 S43 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
937.7302
Summary
'Ancient Samnium' focuses on the region of Samnium in Italy, where a rich blend of historical, literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological evidence supports a fresh perspective on the complexity and dynamism of a part of the ancient Mediterranean that is normally regarded as marginal. This volume presents new ways of looking at ancient Italian communities that did not leave written accounts about themselves but played a key role in the early development of Rome, first as staunch opponents and later as key allies. It combines written and archaeological evidence to form a new understanding of the ancient inhabitants of Samnium during the last six centuries BC, how they identified themselves, how they developed unique forms of social and political organisation, and how they became entangled with Rome's expanding power and the impact that this had on their daily lives.
Note
'Ancient Samnium' focuses on the region of Samnium in Italy, where a rich blend of historical, literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological evidence supports a fresh perspective on the complexity and dynamism of a part of the ancient Mediterranean that is normally regarded as marginal. This volume presents new ways of looking at ancient Italian communities that did not leave written accounts about themselves but played a key role in the early development of Rome, first as staunch opponents and later as key allies. It combines written and archaeological evidence to form a new understanding of the ancient inhabitants of Samnium during the last six centuries BC, how they identified themselves, how they developed unique forms of social and political organisation, and how they became entangled with Rome's expanding power and the impact that this had on their daily lives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Locating the Samnites
Society and culture in Iron age Samnium
The Roman intervention
Settlement and society between the fourth century BC and the social war
The impact of Rome?
Society and culture in Iron age Samnium
The Roman intervention
Settlement and society between the fourth century BC and the social war
The impact of Rome?