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

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Views of Roman imperialism through time -- The long-term context of Roman expansion: central Italian society and politics in the early first Millennium BCE -- The global context of Roman expansion: the central Mediterranean between the late fifth and the early third centuries BCE -- A heterogeneous conquest I: a cross section of polity biographies and types of conflicts -- A heterogeneous conquest II: family biographies and agendas -- The consequences of the expansion 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."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-321) and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (CambridgeCore platform, viewed March 23, 2020) Subject Historiography -- Rome HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. Antiquities Historiography Politics and government SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-265 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115113 Rome -- History, Military -- 265-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002946 Rome -- Military antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115175 Rome -- Politics and government -- 510-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115179 Italy -- History -- To 476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068937 Subject Italy Rome (Empire) Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108534192 1108534198 9781108525190 1108525199

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