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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199245142

ISBN-139780199245147

eBay Product ID (ePID)1789332

Product Key Features

Number of Pages350 Pages

Publication NameAncient Umbria : State, Culture, and Identity in Central Italy from the Iron Age to the Augustan Era

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

SubjectArchaeology, Ancient & Classical

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science

AuthorGuy Bradley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN00-040076

Reviews''a solid contribution to the history of a region of pre-Roman Italy.''Gary Forsythe, Texas Tech University

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal937/.4

SynopsisHow 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., This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history of Umbria in the first millennium BC. It examines the situation that existed in Umbria before the Roman conquest, the reasons why local communities failed to resist the Roman advance, and the effects that Roman domination had on this region. Particular attention is paid to the ethnic identity and material culture of the inhabitants of the region, the development of city life, and the religious activitiespractised there., 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 traditionaltreatments 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 othertrends, 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., This book, 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.

LC Classification NumberDG55.U63B73 2000