Becoming Roman? : Diverging Identities and Experiences in Ancient Northwest Italy.

Haeussler, R.

Becoming Roman? : Diverging Identities and Experiences in Ancient Northwest Italy. - Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (387 pages) - UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB . - UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: De-Romanising the Roman Empire; Chapter One. Conceptualising Processes Of Sociocultural Change; Chapter Two. Discrepant Identities in the Republic; Chapter Three. The Roman Framework: Overpowering or Make-believe?; Chapter Four: Adapting and Intergrating in the Principate; Chapter Five. Identity-creation in a Global World; Chapter Six: Conclusions: 'Becoming Roman' in Northwest Italy?; Appendix: Site Index; References; Index.

Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, creating social, economic, and cultural changes that erased long-standing differences in material culture, languages, cults, rituals and identities. But even Rome could not create a single unified culture. Individual decisions introduced changes in material culture, identity, and behavior, creating local cultures within the global world of the Roman empire that were neither Roman nor native. The author uses Northwest Italy as an exemplary case as it went from a marginal zone to one of the most flourishing an.


English.

9781611321883 (electronic bk.) 1611321883 (electronic bk.) 9781611321869 1611321867


265-30 B.C


Assimilation (Sociology)--History.--Rome
Assimilation (Sociologie)--Histoire.--Rome
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Ethnic relations.


Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome--Ethnic relations.
Rome--Histoire--265-30 av. J.-C. (République)
Rome (Empire)


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