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| Author | : S. P. Oakley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
As the Roman state emerged the people of the surrounding areas became increasingly worried about their territories. The reaction of the Samnites living in the mountains and valleys of the central Apennines was to build an extraordinary network of hill-top forts. This volume describes all the fortified centres which are known in Samnium and interprets their date and purpose. the study is divided into three parts. The first introduces the Samnites and their territory and discusses the identification of their hill-forts. The second part provides a detailed inventory of all known sites while the third section is analytical, discussing the role of hill-forts in the third century BC Samnite wars and in peacetime settlement.
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| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 840 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : History, Ancient |
| ISBN | : 9780521234467 |
| Author | : Tesse Dieder Stek |
| Publisher | : Amsterdam University Press |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9089641777 |
Summary: This study throws new light on the Roman impact on Italic religious structures in the last four centuries BC and, more generally, on the complex processes of change and accommodation set in motion by the Roman expansion in Italy. Cult places had a pivotal function among the various 'Italic' tribes known to us from the ancient sources, which had been gradually conquered and subsequently controlled by Rome. Through an analysis of archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence from rural cult places in Central and Southern Italy including a case study on the Samnite temple of San Giovanni in Galdo, the authors investigate the fluctuating function of cult places in among the non-Roman Italic communities, before and after the establishment of Roman rule.
| Author | : Mike Roberts |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2020-03-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1526744112 |
The Third Samnite War (298-290 BC) was a crucial episode in the early history of Rome. Upon its outcome rested mastery of central Italy, and the independent survival of both Rome and the Samnites. Determined to resist aggressive Roman expansion, the Samnites forged a powerful alliance with the Senones (a tribe of Italian Gauls), Etruscans and Umbrians. The result was eight years of hard campaigning, brutal sieges and bitter battles that stretched Rome to the limit. The desperate nature of the struggle is illustrated by the ritual self-sacrifice (devotio) by the Roman consul Publius Decimus Mus at the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC), which restored the resolve of the wavering Roman troops, and by the Samnite Linen Legion at the Battle of Aquilonia (393 BC), each man of which was bound by a sacred oath to conquer or die on the battlefield. Mike Roberts, who has travelled the Italian landscape upon which these events played out, mines the sources (which are more reliable, he argues, than for Rome’s previous wars) to produce a compelling narrative of this momentous conflict.
| Author | : Davide Delfino |
| Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2020-03-19 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1789692555 |
This book presents 19 papers from the International Colloquium ‘FortMetalAges’ (Portugal, 2017); they discuss different interpretive ideas for defensive structures whose construction had necessitated large investment, present new case studies, and conduct comparative analysis between different regions and periods (Chalcolithic to Iron Age).
| Author | : Rafael Scopacasa |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0198713762 |
Ancient Samnium focuses on the region of Samnium in Italy, combining written and archaeological evidence to form a new understanding of its ancient inhabitants during the last six centuries BC, how they identified themselves, how they developed unique forms of social and political organisation, and how they became entangled with Rome's expanding power and the impact that this had on their daily lives.
| Author | : Tim Cornell |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1136754954 |
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and plebeians the causes of Roman imperialism the growth of slave-based economy. Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential reading for students of Roman history.
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| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2023-01-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004534504 |
This volume studies the marvellous stories of early Rome transmitted by ancient historians, to explore the porous boundaries and the hybrid borrowings between myth, history and historiography.
| Author | : Gary Forsythe |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520249912 |
"A remarkable book,in which Forsythe uses his thorough knowledge of the ancient evidence to reconstruct a coherent and eminently plausible picture which in turn illuminates early Roman society more immediately than any other category of evidence is able to do. Forsythe displays his impressive ability to demonstrate to what extent and why the tradition that dominates the extant historical narratives is not credible."—Kurt Raaflaub, author of The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece "An excellent synthetic treatment of early Roman history found in both modern literary and archaeological materials."—Richard Mitchell, author of Patricians and Plebeians
| Author | : John Briscoe |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2020-10-29 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1108571913 |
Livy's Ab urbe condita Book XXII narrates Hannibal's massive defeats of the Romans at Trasimene (217 BC) and Cannae (216 BC). It is Livy's best and most dramatic book, and the one most likely to appeal to students at every level. Livy drew on the Greek historian Polybius, but transformed his drier treatment into a rhetorical masterpiece, which by a series of insistent thematic contrasts brings out the tensions between the delaying tactics of Fabius and the costly rashness of Flaminius, Minucius and Varro. A substantial and accessibly written introduction by two experienced commentators covers historical, religious, literary and linguistic matters, including the place of Book XXII in the structure of Livy's long work. A new text by Briscoe is followed by a full commentary, covering literary and historical aspects and offering frequent help with translation. The volume is suitable for undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, and scholars.
