From Asculum to Actium : the municipalization of Italy from the Social War to Augustus /

Rome's once independent Italian allies became communities of a new Roman territorial state after the Social War of 91-87 BC. Edward Bispham examines how the transition from independence to subordination was managed, and how, between the opposing tensions of local particularism, competing tradit...

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Bispham, Edward
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Rome's once independent Italian allies became communities of a new Roman territorial state after the Social War of 91-87 BC. Edward Bispham examines how the transition from independence to subordination was managed, and how, between the opposing tensions of local particularism, competing traditions and identities, aspirations for integration, cultural change, and indifference from Roman central authorities, something new and dynamic appeared in the jaded world of the late Republic.Bispham charts the successes and failures of the attempts to make a new political community (Roman Italy), and new
Umfang:
1 online resource (585 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Jesus College, Oxford University.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-548) and indexes.
ISBN:
1-281-15038-X
9786611150389
0-19-152829-3
1-4356-2209-X
Schlagworte:
Cities and towns > Rome.
Acculturation > Rome.
Italic peoples > Cultural assimilation.
Municipal government > Rome.
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