The conquest of Italy

Cornell, Tim; Walbank, F. W.; Astin, Alan E.; Frederiksen, M. W.; Ogilvie, R. M.; Drummond, Andrew

doi:10.1017/chol9780521234467.009

Cited by 76 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 432 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Roman colonizing movements intensified and changed in character, however, after the Latin War (338 BC), when Rome also formally established her dominance (Cornell 1989b;Cornell 1989a;Cornell 1995, 301-304;Oakley 1997, 342-344). The list of colonies sent out by Rome from that moment onwards is impressive (see Fig.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of Roman expansion and colonization on ancient Italy in the Republican period. From diffusionism to networks of opportunity

Stek¹

2017

The Peoples of Ancient Italy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Roman colonization and expansionism in the Republican period, and its impact on ancient Italy, are intensely debated in current ancient historical and archaeological research.Traditional, diffusionist views from the late 19 th and especially the 20 th century have recently been heavily criticized, and many socio-economic and cultural developments in ancient Italy (e.g. 'romanization') have been disconnected from Roman conquest and expansionism.Although this development has been extremely important and salutary, in this paper it is argued that we should be careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater. Very recent and ongoing research can be seen as pointing at real Roman impact in various spheres -if in different ways and places than traditionally assumed. Inverting the causal logic between new developments in ancient Italy and Roman colonization, it is argued that Roman expansionism actively targeted hotspots in socio-economic and cultural networks of special interest in ancient Italy. The privileged status of colonial communities then energized and redrew existing constellations, thus using, but also impacting on pre-existing configurations. Such a view stimulates us to rethink the primary incentives behind Roman colonization, and to investigate more intricate patterns of Roman agency. Roman colonizing movements intensified and changed in character, however, after the Latin War (338 BC), when Rome also formally established her dominance (Cornell 1989b;Cornell 1989a; Cornell 1995, 301-304; Oakley 1997, 342-344). The list of colonies sent out by Rome from that moment onwards is impressive (see Fig. 1 and 2), with 33 colonies being founded within the little over a century until the Second Punic War. This period has been described as the "golden age" of colonization by one of the most eminent It is useful to briefly discuss these supposed incentives, because our interpretation of the primary motivations for establishing colonies affects the ways and extent to which the colonies potentially impacted on local Italic communities. Analogously, it is also useful for understanding the debate on Roman colonization in historiographical terms, since, as will be 1969;Coarelli 1988;de Cazanove 2005). The image of colonies as strategic strongholds, placed where they are and in the way they are for military purposes (Cicero's "bulwarks of 8 empire:" propugnacula imperii; Leg. Agr. 2.23.73, or Livy's claustra; e.g. Liv. 6.9.4) is therefore paramount in scholarship on the subject (esp. Salmon 1936Salmon , 1955Salmon and 1969 recently e.g. Broadhead 2007 andSisani 2007). It is almost universally accepted as a primary motivation for colonization in the mid-Republican period, and discussion has rather focused

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of Roman expansion and colonization on ancient Italy in the Republican period. From diffusionism to networks of opportunity

Stek¹

2017

The Peoples of Ancient Italy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…HN 33.17): Beck (2005) 159-87. See also Richardson (2011); Humm (2005) 220-6; Cornell (1989b) 395. Humm (2005) 224 states that the name of Flavius’ father (Plin.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 17 Elster (2003), 43-9. Cornell (1989b), 394 emphasises the electoral support of the people. See, in contrast, Hölkeskamp (2011), 109-15 for a less confrontational interpretation. …”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…687. Eckstein (2006) 252-3, Cornell (1989b) 367, and Mouritsen (2007) 149-50 argue against an ethnic distinction. Frederiksen (1984) 231 and Galsterer (1976) 83 emphasise the autonomous character of the cities; cf.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 56 Livy 9.26.9-21. Frederiksen (1984) 229-30: ‘probably in its essence reliable.’ The importance of the events has been stressed by Cornell (1989b) 394-6, who describes this as a ‘conflict between the oligarchic tendencies of the newly established ‘patricio-plebeian’ elite and the plebiscitary leadership of men such as Q. Publilius Philo.’ However, I would rather see the plebiscitary leadership as the oligarchic element aiming to monopolise the magistracies. See n. 18 above. …”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

A Troubled Beginning: Rome and its Reluctant Allies in the Fourth Centurybc

Helm¹

2017

Antichthon

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article examines the origins of the Roman alliance system in the second half of the 4th century. The significance of the allies for the creation of a Mediterranean empire is undisputed; allied troops provided the Roman Republic with a manpower reservoir unmatched by any of its opponents. However, the stunning achievement of incorporating defeated foes into the military in equal numbers to Roman troops has been somewhat neglected and been taken as a given fact. A careful analysis of the years following the Latin War and the Samnite Wars reveals a constellation which does not suggest that the immediate creation of a more or less beneficial system of alliances was a primary Roman objective. Instead it will be argued that the evidence indicates a rather different development, where the challenge of organising and integrating the captured territory was a dynamic and at times arduous process, for which the setbacks – and indeed the crisis – of the so-called Second Samnite War served as a major catalyst.

show abstract

Army and Battle During the Conquest of Italy (350‐264 BC)

Rawlings¹

2007

A Companion to the Roman Army

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The conquest of Italy

Cited by 76 publications

References 432 publications

The impact of Roman expansion and colonization on ancient Italy in the Republican period. From diffusionism to networks of opportunity

The impact of Roman expansion and colonization on ancient Italy in the Republican period. From diffusionism to networks of opportunity

A Troubled Beginning: Rome and its Reluctant Allies in the Fourth Centurybc

Army and Battle During the Conquest of Italy (350‐264 BC)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About