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Author Fulminante, Francesca, author.

Title The rise of early Rome : transportation networks and domination in central Italy, 1050-500 BC / Francesca Fulminante
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The ancient city : still a debated topic -- Transportation infrastructures : a new approach to interactions -- Data and methodology -- Network analysis centrality indexes -- Network analysis efficiency indexes -- Multi-scale analysis based on least-cost-paths -- Modelling
Summary "The trajectory of Rome from a small village in Latium vetus, to an emerging power in Italy during the first millennium BC, and finally, the heart of an Empire that sprawled throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe until the 5th century CE, is well known. Its rise is often presented as inevitable and unstoppable. Yet the factors that contributed to Rome's rise to power are not well understood. Why Rome and not Veii? In this book, Francesca Fulminante offers a fresh approach to this question through the use of a range of methods. Adopting quantitative analyses and a novel network perspective, she focuses on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000-500 BC. Fulminante reveals the multiple factors that contributed to the emergence and dominance of Rome within these regional networks, and the critical role they in the rise of the city and, ultimately, Roman imperialism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Cambridge Core, viewed October 4, 2023)
Subject Transportation geography -- Italy, Central
Land settlement patterns -- Italy, Central
Transportation geography -- Mathematical models
Land settlement patterns -- Mathematical models
Geography -- Network analysis.
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Italy, Central
Urbanization -- Italy, Central
Antiquities
Cities and towns, Ancient
Geography -- Network analysis
Land settlement patterns
Land settlement patterns -- Mathematical models
Transportation geography
Urbanization
SUBJECT Italy, Central -- Antiquities
Subject Italy -- Italy, Central
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022041014
ISBN 9781009025232
1009025236