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Roman republican colonization : new perspectives from archaeology and ancient history / edited by Tesse D. Stek and Jeremia Pelgrom.

Contributor(s): Language: English, Italian Series: Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome ; volume 62 - 2014. | Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome ; volume 62 - 2014.Publication details: Roma : Palombi editori, c2014.Description: 407 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9788860606624
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JV98 R66 2014
Contents:
Introduction : Roman Colonization under the Republic : historiographical contextualisation of a paradigm / Jeremia Pelgrom and Tesse D. Stek -- Part I. Contextualizing Roman Republican Colonization. Backgrounds, definitions and Comparanda -- Private Vis, Public Virtus. Family agendas during the early Roman expansion / Nicola Terrenato -- The nature of Roman strategy in Mid-Rebublican colonization and road building / Guy Bradley -- Roman colonization and the city-state model / Jeremia Pelgrom -- The city-state model and Roman Republican colonization : sacred landscapes as a proxy for colonial socio-political organization / Tesse D. Stek -- Livy 27.38 and the vacatio militiae of the maritime colonies / Luuk de Ligt -- Part II. Colonial Landscapes, Colonists and Natives Shaping the Urban, Natural and Social Environment -- Gellius, Philip II and a proposed end to the 'model-replica' debate / Jamie Sewell -- Republican colonization and early urbanization in Central Adriatic Italy : The valley of the River Flosis / Frank Vermeulen -- Strangers in Paradise. Latins ( and some other non-Romans) in colonial context : a short story of territorial complexity / Michel Tarpin -- Colonization romaine et 'escapes ripariens' dans les Civitates Campaniae de Sylla aux triumvirs / Ella Hermon -- Early colonization in the Pontine region ( Central Italy) / Peter Attema,.. [et al] -- Le colonie di Luceria e Venusia. Dinamiche insediative, urbanizzazione e assetti agrari / Maria Luisa Marchi -- Roman colonial landcapes : Interamna Lirenas and its territory through antiquity / Giovanna R. Bellini,... [et al] -- Part III. The Religious Dimension of Roman Colonization -- Tutelary deities in Roman citizen colonies / Marion Bolder-Boos -- Il culto di Apollo nella colonizzazione romana / Andrea Carini -- Il santuario di Ercole ad Alba Fucens : nuovi dati per lostudio delle fasi piu antiche della colonia latina / Daniela Liberatore -- Part IV. The Creation of Roman Centrality -- Effigies parvae simulacraque Romae. La fortuna di un modello teorico repubblicano : Leptis Magna colonia romana / Mario Torelli -- Qua aratrum ductum est. La colonizzazione romana come chiave interpretativa della Roma delle origini / Simone Sisani.
Summary: Roman colonization has been seen as a primary model for colonization and colonialism in more recent historical periods. The direct relevance of Roman colonization to wide-ranging historical interpretations and to the self-perception of modern nation-states and empires explains the continuing fascination exerted by Roman colonization in both academic and non-academic circles. Trying to unravel the character and development of the key phase of Roman colonization in the Roman Republican period is therefore essential, not only for ancient history, archaeology, and related disciplines, but also for a better understanding of the modern world. The most comprehensive study on Roman colonization remains Edward Togo Salmon’s Roman Colonization under the Republic (1969). In the almost 50 years since the publication of Salmon’s seminal book many crucial revisions have been proposed for different aspects of the traditional view of Roman colonization. Despite the obvious importance of these new studies, their impact on our general understanding of Roman colonization and their deeper significance for understanding Roman imperialism has yet to be fully appreciated. The increasing fragmentation of the research field is an important reason that an overarching, radically new, understanding of Roman republican colonization has not, as yet, been brought forward. Issues that are central to the character of Roman colonization are studied in separate disciplines including Roman historiography, urban archaeology, architecture studies, landscape archaeology, Roman religion studies and Roman law. This volume brings together recent insights from a range of different academic traditions, lifting language and cultural barriers. By presenting both new theoretical insights and new archaeological discoveries, it explores the potentially productive interplay between different emerging research areas that are currently isolated.
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Introduction : Roman Colonization under the Republic : historiographical contextualisation of a paradigm / Jeremia Pelgrom and Tesse D. Stek -- Part I. Contextualizing Roman Republican Colonization. Backgrounds, definitions and Comparanda -- Private Vis, Public Virtus. Family agendas during the early Roman expansion / Nicola Terrenato -- The nature of Roman strategy in Mid-Rebublican colonization and road building / Guy Bradley -- Roman colonization and the city-state model / Jeremia Pelgrom -- The city-state model and Roman Republican colonization : sacred landscapes as a proxy for colonial socio-political organization / Tesse D. Stek -- Livy 27.38 and the vacatio militiae of the maritime colonies / Luuk de Ligt -- Part II. Colonial Landscapes, Colonists and Natives Shaping the Urban, Natural and Social Environment -- Gellius, Philip II and a proposed end to the 'model-replica' debate / Jamie Sewell -- Republican colonization and early urbanization in Central Adriatic Italy : The valley of the River Flosis / Frank Vermeulen -- Strangers in Paradise. Latins ( and some other non-Romans) in colonial context : a short story of territorial complexity / Michel Tarpin -- Colonization romaine et 'escapes ripariens' dans les Civitates Campaniae de Sylla aux triumvirs / Ella Hermon -- Early colonization in the Pontine region ( Central Italy) / Peter Attema,.. [et al] -- Le colonie di Luceria e Venusia. Dinamiche insediative, urbanizzazione e assetti agrari / Maria Luisa Marchi -- Roman colonial landcapes : Interamna Lirenas and its territory through antiquity / Giovanna R. Bellini,... [et al] -- Part III. The Religious Dimension of Roman Colonization -- Tutelary deities in Roman citizen colonies / Marion Bolder-Boos -- Il culto di Apollo nella colonizzazione romana / Andrea Carini -- Il santuario di Ercole ad Alba Fucens : nuovi dati per lostudio delle fasi piu antiche della colonia latina / Daniela Liberatore -- Part IV. The Creation of Roman Centrality -- Effigies parvae simulacraque Romae. La fortuna di un modello teorico repubblicano : Leptis Magna colonia romana / Mario Torelli -- Qua aratrum ductum est. La colonizzazione romana come chiave interpretativa della Roma delle origini / Simone Sisani.

Roman colonization has been seen as a primary model for colonization and colonialism in more recent historical periods. The direct relevance of Roman colonization to wide-ranging historical interpretations and to the self-perception of modern nation-states and empires explains the continuing fascination exerted by Roman colonization in both academic and non-academic circles. Trying to unravel the character and development of the key phase of Roman colonization in the Roman Republican period is therefore essential, not only for ancient history, archaeology, and related disciplines, but also for a better understanding of the modern world. The most comprehensive study on Roman colonization remains Edward Togo Salmon’s Roman Colonization under the Republic (1969). In the almost 50 years since the publication of Salmon’s seminal book many crucial revisions have been proposed for different aspects of the traditional view of Roman colonization. Despite the obvious importance of these new studies, their impact on our general understanding of Roman colonization and their deeper significance for understanding Roman imperialism has yet to be fully appreciated. The increasing fragmentation of the research field is an important reason that an overarching, radically new, understanding of Roman republican colonization has not, as yet, been brought forward. Issues that are central to the character of Roman colonization are studied in separate disciplines including Roman historiography, urban archaeology, architecture studies, landscape archaeology, Roman religion studies and Roman law. This volume brings together recent insights from a range of different academic traditions, lifting language and cultural barriers. By presenting both new theoretical insights and new archaeological discoveries, it explores the potentially productive interplay between different emerging research areas that are currently isolated.

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