Religion is a particularly useful field within which to study Roman self-definition, for the
Romans considered themselves to be the most religious of all peoples and ascribed their …

Migration, Mobility and Place in Ancient Italy challenges prevailing conceptions of a natural
tie to the land and a demographically settled world. It argues that much human mobility in …

Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This
book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within Italy, then around the …

This book takes an innovative approach to detecting regional groupings in peninsular Italy
during the Late Bronze Age, a notoriously murky period of Italian prehistory. Applying social …

Ancient Samnium focuses on the region of Samnium in Italy, where a rich blend of historical,
literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological evidence supports a fresh perspective …

The Social War was a significant uprising against the Roman state by Rome's allies in Italy.
The conflict lasted little more than two and a half years but it is widely recognised as having …

Recent excavations and theoretical advances have revealed evidence of an early and
perhaps independent nucleation and centralization process in the region south of the Alps, a …

If a crystal-clear notion of the appearance and physical impact of a world empire has
developed over time, it would be the Roman Empire. The image of the Roman Empire has …

A History of the Pyrrhic War explores the multi-polar nature of a conflict that involved the
Romans, peoples of Italy, western Greeks, and Carthaginians during Pyrrhus' western …

Naples was conventionally the southernmost stop of the Grand Tour beyond which, it was
assumed, lay violent disorder: earthquakes, malaria, bandits, inhospitable inns, few roads …