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Beyond the Rubicon : Romans and Gauls in Republican Italy /

Throughout the middle and late Republican periods (fourth to first centuries BC) the Romans lived in fear and loathing of the Gauls of northern Italy, caused primarily by their collective historical memory of the destruction of the city of Rome by Gauls in 387 BC. By examining the literary evidence...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, J. H. C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:Oxford classical monographs.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Throughout the middle and late Republican periods (fourth to first centuries BC) the Romans lived in fear and loathing of the Gauls of northern Italy, caused primarily by their collective historical memory of the destruction of the city of Rome by Gauls in 387 BC. By examining the literary evidence relating to the historical, ethnographic, and geographic writings of Greeks and Romans of the period - focusing on invasion and conflict - this book attempts to answer the questions how and why the Gauls became the deadly enemy of the Romans. Dr Williams also examines the problematic notion of the Gauls as 'Celts' which has been so influential in historical and archaeological accounts of northern Italy in the late pre-Roman Iron Age by modern scholars. The book concludes that ancient literary evidence and modern ethnic presumptions about 'Celts' are not a sound basis for reconstructing either the history of the Romans' interaction with the peoples of northern Italy or for interpreting the material evidence.
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Oxford, 1994).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index.
ISBN:1423785762
9781423785767
1280444851
9781280444852
0191541575
9780191541575
9786610444854
6610444854
9780198153009
0198153007