Ancient Umbria. State, culture, and identity in central Italy from the iron age to the Augustan era

Bradley, Guy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5282-1703 2001. Ancient Umbria. State, culture, and identity in central Italy from the iron age to the Augustan era. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Abstract

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 andmotivations 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 oflocal 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 inboth mountain and lowland areas of Umbria.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780199245147
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 10:53
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/133869

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