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Description for Ancient Italy
Hardback. A collection of essays on the peoples and communities of ancient, and mainly pre-Roman Italy. Editor(s): Bradley, Guy; Isayev, Elena. Num Pages: 351 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 28. Weight in Grams: 888.
This collection of essays focuses on the peoples and communities of ancient, and mainly pre-Roman Italy. Alongside the Etruscans, a range of less well-known ancient peoples of the Italian peninsula are increasingly coming into focus, and it is now possible to write the history of these communities; a history that led eventually to the formation of Roman Italy and ultimately of the Roman empire. 'Ancient Italy' consists of a series of studies, covering the Ligurians and Celts in north-west Italy, the Veneti, Picenes, the Etruscans, the Faliscans, the Latins, the Samnites, the peoples of Campania and the peoples of south-east ... Read more
This collection of essays focuses on the peoples and communities of ancient, and mainly pre-Roman Italy. Alongside the Etruscans, a range of less well-known ancient peoples of the Italian peninsula are increasingly coming into focus, and it is now possible to write the history of these communities; a history that led eventually to the formation of Roman Italy and ultimately of the Roman empire. 'Ancient Italy' consists of a series of studies, covering the Ligurians and Celts in north-west Italy, the Veneti, Picenes, the Etruscans, the Faliscans, the Latins, the Samnites, the peoples of Campania and the peoples of south-east ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
Number of Pages
351
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859898133
SKU
V9780859898133
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Ref
99-50
About Corinna Riva
Guy Bradley is Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University and author of Ancient Umbria (2000). Elena Isayev is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Exeter and author of Inside Ancient Lucania: Dialogues in History and Archaeology (2006). Corinna Riva is Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology at University College London and co-editor of Debating Orientalization: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Change in ... Read more
Reviews for Ancient Italy
. . . full of important material intelligently discussed. It will be essential reading for archaeologists and ancient historians at every level from undergraduate upwards. A set of well-informed essays... ...the bibliographies at the end of each chapter...constitute a useful guide to the primary evidence for the areas and themes introduced. ... admirable (and well-indexed) collection). David ... Read more