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The Oxford Handbook of Pre-Roman Italy
Author(s): Jane Botsford Johnson Marco Maiuro (Editor), Marco Maiuro
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: February 27, 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 882 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199987890
- ISBN-13: 9780199987894
Book Description
Written by more than fifty authors, this book describes the diversity of these indigenous cultures, their languages, interactions, and reciprocal influences. It gives special emphasis to Greek colonization, the rise of aristocracies, technological innovations, and the spread of literacy, which provided the urban texture that shaped the history of the peninsula in this period. In addition to offering in-depth treatments of the peoples and cultures, it also focuses on the events and factors that played a mediating role in Italy’s history.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The authors, all experts in their subject, offer valuable information regardless of the reader. That makes this a successful handbook.” — Emma Blake, The Classical Review
“The volume edited by Maiuro and Johnson stands as a major scholarly achievement. It can be read as a cohesive and structured manual, offering accessible entry points into the complex history of Italy in the first millennium BCE. At the same time, it provides a dynamic and innovative synthesis, rooted in up-to-date research and framed by a long-term perspective that traces the deep local roots of Italic cultures.” — Marco Bettelli, GNOMON
About the Author
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