2015/05/08 by Joshua Whatmough · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Classical Antiquity Studies
paper · doi:10.4324/9781315744810
openalex publication_date 2015/05/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/04
This book presents a picture of pre-Roman Italy as complete and as faithful as modern discovery could make it, when it was originally published in 1937. The evidence of archaeology is combined with the testimony of historical tradition and non-Latin dialects in a balanced account of elements no less diverse than those of modern Europe. This description of Italy in the middle of the last millennium B.C. illuminates the success of Rome in achieving a united Italy, where others had failed – an achievement which paved the way for the course over of events over centuries.