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1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) : illustrations |
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OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
Note on citation of words in Umbrian and other non-Latin Italic languages -- 1. Approaching the history of ancient Umbria -- 2. Umbria before the Roman conquest -- 3. The Roman conquest and colonization of Umbria -- 4. Urbanism and society in Umbria between the conquest and the Social War -- 5. Romanization, the Social War, and integration into the Roman state -- 6. Umbria in Italy: some comparisons and conclusions -- App. 1. Architectural terracottas and temple podia in the Sixth Augustan Region (Umbria) in the first millennium B.C. -- App. 2. Umbrian inscriptions -- App. 3. Latin inscriptions dating to before the Social War -- App. 4. Firmly attested treaties formed by Rome during the conquest of Italy, 338-264 B.C |
| Summary |
How should we understand the ways in which the regions of Italy were affected by Roman imperialism? This book, which is the first full-scale treatment of ancient Umbria in any language, takes a balanced view of the region's history in the first millennium BC, focusing on local actions and motivations as much as the effect of outside influences and Roman policies. Through a careful reading of all the types of evidence it provides an important challenge to traditional treatments emphasising the 'Romanization' of the region, arguing that this is a poor explanation for the complexity of local societies in the late Republican period. Instead it proposes that other trends, particularly the organization of states, help to explain the fascinating plurality of identities that are evident in the imperial period and allow us to appreciate the diversity of local societies that emerged in both mountain and lowland areas of Umbria |
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of London, 1996) submitted under the title: Umbria from the Iron Age to the Augustan era |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-322) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Antiquities
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International relations
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Prehistorie.
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Romeinse oudheid.
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| SUBJECT |
Umbria (Italy) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006002275
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Umbria (Italy) -- Antiquities
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Umbria (Italy) -- Relations -- Rome
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Italy -- Umbria
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00040076 |
| ISBN |
1423785681 |
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9781423785682 |
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9780199245147 |
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0199245142 |
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1280446609 |
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9781280446603 |
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9786610446605 |
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6610446601 |
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