Italy Before Rome - A Sourcebook

This book brings together sources translated from a wide variety of ancient languages to showcase the rich history of pre-Roman Italy, including its cultures, politics, trade, languages, writing systems, religious rituals, magical practices, and conflicts.

List of contents

List of maps and figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and conventions; Maps; Timeline of major events; Introduction; Chapter 1: Origins; Chapter 2: Etruscan Life and Death; Chapter 3: Great Greece; Chapter 4: From Samnites to Italians; Chapter 5: Alphabets, Literacy and Names; Chapter 6: Gods and Humans; Chapter 7: Rituals and Sacrifice; Chapter 8: Magic and Divination; Chapter 9: Italy at War; Index locorum; Subject Index

About the author

Katherine McDonald is an Assistant Professor in Roman History at Durham University, UK, and has previously worked at Cambridge and Exeter. Her previous work includes Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily: Evaluating Language Contact in a Fragmentary Corpus.

Summary

This book brings together sources translated from a wide variety of ancient languages to showcase the rich history of pre-Roman Italy, including its cultures, politics, trade, languages, writing systems, religious rituals, magical practices, and conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Mcdonald, McDonald Katherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367146504
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14650-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Italy, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology