2018/12/31 by Kathryn Lomas · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #History
paper · doi:10.4159/9780674919938
openalex publication_date 2018/12/31 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/02/06
By the third century BC, Rome was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a once-modest settlement into the region’s preeminent power? In the story of Rome’s rise Kathryn Lomas identifies nascent political structures that unified the empire’s diverse populations and finds the beginnings of Italian peoplehood.