Ancient Italy: Regions without Boundaries

by Corinna Riva, Guy Bradley (Editor), Elena Isayev (Editor)

Ancient Italy is the first English-language volume to provide a detailed archaeological portrait of the pre-Roman peoples of Italy—the Ligurians and Celts, the Veneti, the Picens, Etruscans, Faliscans, Latins, Samnites, peoples of Campania, and the populations of Italy’s southeastern regions. Addressing themes in the study of the ancient world such as settlement and landscape, identity, literature, and religious and funerary ritual, as well as social and cultural interaction, Ancient Italy introduces each region and its communities, summarizes recent scholarship, provides site-specific maps, and considers key issues in the region’s contemporary historiography. Designed to provide an important tool for researchers working on the ancient Mediterranean, this accessible volume provides a clear starting point for anyone interested in the peoples of ancient Italy.

Genres: History, Italy

351 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 2008

Reviews

[Jay Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part. Historical sources are distorted (they are). Cultural theory is the answer (it can useful when there is a lack of evidence but should be checked against the new data as it appears). Here is the summary for the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age. Rinse repeat. The last two essays were much better particularly Bradley' account of ethnic identity in Roman Italy.