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Souverän und facettenreich schildert Kathryn Lomas die römische Geschichte von den allerersten Anfängen bis zum Beginn der Punischen Kriege. Glänzend gelingt es ihr, diese Geschichte in ihrer Besonderheit verständlich zu machen, und sie gibt überraschende Antworten auf die historische Frage aller Fragen: Wie und warum gelang einer kleinen Stadt der erstaunliche, in keiner Weise vorgezeichnete Aufstieg zur Weltmacht? In der späten Eisenzeit w...

Nel III secolo d.C. il territorio di Roma, inizialmente modesto, si era esteso a tutta la penisola italiana e già la città guardava con ambizione alla conquista del Mediterraneo. Ma che cosa, esattamente, riuscì a trasformare un umile villaggio di pastori in un grande impero? L'archeologa Kathryn Lomas ricostruisce gli accordi diplomatici, gli intrighi politici e i cambiamenti culturali che si avvicendarono nell'ascesa di Roma. È affascinante ...

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In the late Iron Age, Rome was a small collection of huts arranged over a few hills. By the third century BC, it had become a large and powerful city, with monumental temples, public buildings and grand houses. It had conquered the whole of Italy and was poised to establish an empire. But how did it accomplish this historic transformation? This book explores the development of Rome during this period, and the nature of its control over Italy, ...

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The history of the Greek cities of Italy during the period of Roman conquest and under Roman rule form a fascinating case study of the processes of Roman expansion and assimilation and of Greek reactions to the presence of Rome. This book reassesses the role of Magna Graecia in Roman Italy and illuminates the mechanisms of Roman control and the process of acculturation. Specifically it explores the role of the Greek cities of Italy as cultural...

The history of the Greek cities of Italy during the period of Roman conquest and under Roman rule form a fascinating case study of the processes of Roman expansion and assimilation and of Greek reactions to the presence of Rome. This book reassesses the role of Magna Graecia in Roman Italy and illuminates the mechanisms of Roman control and the process of acculturation. Specifically it explores the role of the Greek cities of Italy as cultural...

A collection of primary sources, presented in translation with succinct commentary, for the period of the Roman conquest of Italy and the post- conquest process of Romanization. The book is aimed at undergraduate level ancient history courses.

This collection of essays, in honour of Professor B.B. Shefton, provides an innovative exploration of the culture of the Greek colonies of the Western Mediterranean, their relations with their non-Greek neigbours, and the evolution of distinctive regional identities.