The Rise of Early Rome

Transportation Networks and Domination in Central Italy, 1050-500 BC

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

The trajectory of Rome from a small village in Latium vetus, to an emerging power in Italy during the first millennium BC, and finally, the heart of an Empire that sprawled throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe until the 5th century CE, is well known. Its rise is often presented as inevitable and unstoppable. Yet the factors that contributed to Rome's rise to power are not well understood. Why Rome and not Veii? In this book, Francesca Fulminante offers a fresh approach to this question through the use of a range of methods. Adopting quantitative analyses and a novel network perspective, she focuses on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000-500 BC. Fulminante reveals the multiple factors that contributed to the emergence and dominance of Rome within these regional networks, and the critical role they in the rise of the city and, ultimately, Roman imperialism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-08-31
Mått:159 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316516805

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Francesca Fulminante is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and Royal Holloway University of London, and Adjunct Professor (Cultore della Materia), Universita Roma Tre, Italy. Her research focuses on Mediterranean urbanization during the first Millennium BCE in central Italy.

Recensioner i media

'Fulminante's book is clearly structured and well-written...This book offers a new perspective on the development of early Rome, as well as being a valuable contribution to those interested in applying network science to past transportation systems.' Joseph Lewis, TRAJ, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

Innehållsförteckning

1. The ancient city: still a debated topic; 2. Transportation infrastructure: a new approach to interactions; 3. Data and methodology; 4. Network analysis centrality indexes; 5. Network analysis efficiency indexes; 6. Multi-scale analysis based on least-cost-paths; 7. Modelling; Conclusions; Appendix 1. Explanations for Efficacy Measures in Chapter 5; Appendix 2. Modelling from Chapter 7 step-by-step.