Stephen L. Dyson examines rural communities as functioning, largely autonomous societies. Dyson traces the major outlines of community development from the end of the war with Hannibal to the early Middle Ages. He shows how local communities responded to changes in the greater Roman society while still retaining their distinctive identity. He examines the "typical" Roman community during the High Empire and explores the life cycle of rural inhabitants, showing how individuals- the aristocrats, the free poor, and the slaves- developed in relation to society as a whole.
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Resourceful and imaginative, [Dyson] looks into the humdrum, sometimes quietly desperate lives of Italy's small towns and urban centers and brings them sharply to life.
(Vergilius 2010)A valuable example of how archaeological data can be used alongside conventional sources to produce compelling social and economic history.
(Keith Bradley American Historical Review )This work sets forth a challenging new model for understanding the communities of Roman Italy, their internal dynamics, and their relationships with their surrounding rural territories. Extensive notes, a substantial and up-to-date bibliography, and an adequate index complete this pivotal work. Essential for the study of ancient social conditions or private life.
(J. G. Schovanek, American Library Association )An important addition to the literature on classical Rome... Highly recommended.
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"This work sets forth a challenging new model for understanding the communities of Roman Italy, their internal dynamics, and their relationships with their surrounding rural territories. Extensive notes, a substantial and up-to-date bibliography, and an adequate index complete this pivotal work. Essential for the study of ancient social conditions or private life." -- J. G. Schovanek, American Library Association
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Roman Italy was a world of small urban communities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Italy, Social War, Pliny the Younger, Civil War, Roman Empire, Second Punic War, Alba Fucens, Dio Cassius, Ager Cosanus, Ager Veiantanus, Battle of Actium, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Pliny the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Caecilius Jucundus, Hannibalic War, Second Triumvirate, Sette Finestre, American South, Cato Agr, First Style, Middle Ages, Varro Rust, Villa of the Mysteries New!
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Roman Italy, Social War, Pliny the Younger, Civil War, Roman Empire, Second Punic War, Alba Fucens, Dio Cassius, Ager Cosanus, Ager Veiantanus, Battle of Actium, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Pliny the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Caecilius Jucundus, Hannibalic War, Second Triumvirate, Sette Finestre, American South, Cato Agr, First Style, Middle Ages, Varro Rust, Villa of the Mysteries New!
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- Slavery in Early Christianity by Jennifer A. Glancy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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