The early Roman expansion into Italy : elite negotiation and family agendas /
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Author / Creator: | Terrenato, Nicola, author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019. |
Description: | xx, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Map Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11903181 |
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. |
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Physical Description: | xx, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1108422675 9781108422673 9781108525190 9781108534192 |