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Roman Italy

Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization
edited by Simon Keay and Nicola Terrenato
Nineteen papers examining varies responses to Romanization, and how this affects our view of the development of the Roman Empire. The traditional view of Romanization is as the triumph of a superior and more advanced culture over primitive communities, brought about by military expansion and resulting in the creation of a uniform political and cultural entity. It is only in the last twenty years that the variety of responses that Romanization ...
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Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in Italy Before the Roman Empire
by J. H. Crouwel
This study presents evidence for transport by wheeled vehicle in Italy before the Roman Imperial period, the beginning of which is often thought to be marked by Augustus's conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Three categories of wheeled vehicle documented for the period are studied: the chariot, two-wheeled carts and four-wheeled wagons. A wide range of evidence is drawn upon including figured documents such as architectural terracottas, stone reliefs, ...
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Bridging the Tiber: Approaches to regional archaeology in the Middle Tiber Valley
edited by Helen Patterson
Few river valleys can claim the historical importance of the Tiber, and an understanding of the river and its valley is key to an understanding of Rome and its place in the ancient world. When Rome was in its ascendancy, the Tiber became a vital route for communication and trade, but when Rome went into decline, the Tiber became a buffer-zone between Rome and Byzantium. This ebb and flow, with the associated reorganisation of social, political ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$100.00, Our Price US$80.00

Bürgerrechtsentzug oder Fremdenausweisung? Studien zu den Rechten von Latinern und weiteren Fremden sowie zum Bürgerrechtswechsel in der Römischen Republik (5. bis frühes 1. Jh. v.Chr.)
by Altay Coskun
This volume focuses on Livy's reports of the expulsion of Latins and Italians from Rome in the years 206-173 BC. While previous research has identified the expelled as disenfranchised Roman citizens, this study shows that only migrants without Roman citizenship were expelled. The author puts his findings into their legal historical contexts and analyzes the requirements for the in- or exclusion of foreigners in Rome as well as the political ...
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Pompeii: The Living City
by Alex Butterworth and Ray Laurence
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The Suburban Villas of Campania and their Social Function
by Geoff Adams
One of the most significant features in the suburbium of Roman cities throughout Italy were the villae suburbanae. Modern scholarship has undertaken a large amount of research into the residential properties and lifestyles of the Roman nobility, and the Roman villa has been a prime subject area in this regard. But villae suburbanae have only received limited detailed analysis from these scholars. To this end, this study examines both the literary ...
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Rome and the Unification of Italy, 2nd ed
by Arthur Keaveney
From the 2nd century BC the subject peoples of Italy were motivated by a desire for equality with their powerful sister Rome. At first the Italians hoped that equality could be achieved through the citizenship but, when the Romans proved obdurate, they sought complete independence. Description of the "Social War" that followed forms a central feature of this book, in which Keaveney seeks also to delineate the factors which led to the Italian ...
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Naples, from Roman Town to City-State: An Archaeological Perspective
by Paul Arthur
In this book Paul Arthur provides an important new synthesis of the archaeology and history of the Italian city of Naples, from the late Roman to the early Medieval period. Arthur considers the standard criteria for the definition of the Roman and the Medieval 'town' in order to demonstrate how Naples maintained the characteristics of an urban settlement through the so-called Dark Ages, and how this put it in a position to participate in the ...
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The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual, Modern Muse
edited by Elaine Gazda
This is a catalogue of an exhibition by the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan which focused on a cycle of frescoes found in 1990 at the well-known villa on the outskirts of ancient Pompeii. Probably painted around 60 BC, the cycle depicts young women probably being initiated into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus) in preparation for marriage. The catalogue presents a number of objects connected with the villa, as well as the reconstruction ...
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'Roman Ostia' Revisited: Archaeological and Historical Papers in Memory of Russell Meiggs
edited by Anna Gallina Zevi and Amanda Claridge
Dedicated to Russell Meiggs, this volume offers some significant reassessments of views on Rome's major port, based on recent excavation and research. It follows the fortunes of the city from the archaic period through to it imperial nadir. Town planning is an important theme in this book, as is the city of Rome's relationship to the sea. 4 papers in English, 11 in Italian, 1 in French and 1 in Spanish. xix, 307p incl 54 figs and 67 pls ...
Hardback. Price US$63.00