The Early Roman Expansion into Italy: Elite Negotiation and Family AgendasThis 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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Contents
The Roman Army and its Commanders 158 | 158 |
The Plautii in the Fourth Century 174 | 174 |
Conclusions 191 | 191 |
Local Elites after the Conquest 208 | 208 |
Centuriation 226 | 226 |
Economy 242 | 242 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Early Roman Expansion into Italy: Elite Negotiation and Family Agendas |
| Author | Nicola Terrenato |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2019 |
| ISBN | 1108422675, 9781108422673 |
| Length | 327 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / History / Ancient & Classical History / Ancient / General History / General History / Historiography |
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