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"Keaveney seeks to delineate the factors which led to the Italian desire first for citizenship, then for independence; he describes the conflict; and he assesses its outcomes. Unlike many recent scholars, he maintains that Rome's 'Italian question' has to be treated as an essent…
Scarcely more than a generation before Octavian set out to encounter Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium, relying on the firm support of 'all Italy', the Italians were in revolt with the avowed aim of destroying Rome. This impressive unity displayed in 31 BC was the har…
Scope and content: "The focus of this book is on the Italic people of Apulia during the fourth century BC, when Italic culture seems to have reached its peak of affluence. Scholars have largely ignored these people and the region they inhabited. During the past several decades a…
By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In The Rise of Rome, the historian and archaeolog…
By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In The Rise of Rome, the historian and archaeolog…
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 e…
Part I. Early Italy and the foundation of Rome: Introducing early Rome -- Setting the scene: Iron-Age Italy -- Trojans, Latins, Sabines and rogues: Romulus, Aeneas and the 'Foundation' of Rome -- The rise of the international aristocracy: Italy and the orientalising revolution -…