Early Rome and the Latins.

Alföldi, A.:

Published by Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press n.y.

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XXI, 433 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leicht bestoßen, Kopfschnitt angegraut, Vorder- und Fußschnitt angeschmutzt, innen sauber / lightly scuffed, top edge grayed, front and bottom edges soiled, inside clean. - Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations Chapter I Nomen Latinum: The Peculiar Structure of the Latin League and its Historical Evolution General Considerations, The Thirty Units of the Prisci Latini. The Sacred Banquet of the Thirty Peoples on the Holy Mountain of the Latins. Changed Aspects, New Developments. The Latin Festival. The Meetings of the Latins in the Meadows under the Alban Mountain. Constitution and Management of the Latin League. The Executive Organs of the Latin League. Chapter II At the Crossroads of Truth and Fiction: The Last Decade of the Sixth Century in Latium The Reorganized Latin League Against Porsenna, and Its Center in Aricia. The Chronicle of Cyme and the Roman Historiography. Porsenna in Rome. The Federal Sanctuary of the Latin Cities in the Aventine Precinct of Diana and Its Local Successors. Chapter III The Latins as Roman Subjects under the Kings: The Annalist Fiction The Characterization of the Invented Roman Superiority. The Written Alliances of Rome with the Latins. The Foe- dus Cassianum in the Annals. The Evidence Against the Annalist Doctrine. Chapter IV The Projection of the Roman Conquest of Middle Italy Back into the Dark Ages by Fabius Pictor The Manipulation of Figures and Dates. The Characteristic Features of the Pretended Expansion Under the Kings. The Alleged Conquest of Entire Nations by the Kings. The Leitmotif of Hegemony. The Legalistic Machinery of the Annals. Hellenistic Mannerism in Pictor s Concept: His Female Characters. Prejudice in Pictor, as Reflected in his Hatred of the Claudii. The Responsibility of Fabius Pictor. Chapter V The Etruscan Rule in Latium and Rome The Etruscan Occupation of Campania. The Etruscan Encroachment upon the Latin Communities. The Etruscan Domination in Rome. Etruscan Powers Struggling for the Possession of Rome. The Etruscan States which, in Succession, Dominated Rome: a) Tarquinii. b) Caere. c) Vulci. d) Veii. e) Clusium. Chapter VI Alba Longa and Lavinium: The Old Capitals of the Latin Tribe Alba Longa. Lavinium. The Belief in Trojan Descent, and the Ritual of the "Trojan" Divinities in Lavinium. The New Archaeological Evidence of the Federal Sanctuary in Lavinium. The Penates as Dioscuri in Lavinium and Rome. The Myth of the Sow with the Thirty Piglets and Its Transformations. Trojan Legend and Etruscan Domination in Latium. Chapter VII Topographical and Archaeological Realities Versus Literary Invention The Etruscans at the Mouth of the Tiber. The Sacred Boundary of the Ager Romanus. The Rural Districts Within and Beyond the Sacred Boundary of the Ager Romanus. The Dream of the "Grande Roma Dei Tarquinii,". Chapter VIII The Ascent of Rome During the Early Republic Southern Etruria and Rome after the Kings. The Beginnings of Roman Sea Power. The First and Second Treaties between Carthage and Rome. The Celtic Invasions. The Wars of the Early Republic with the Volscians and Ae- quians. The Latin City-States and the Roman Republic Until the Conquest of Latium in 338 b.c. Some Associates and Rivals of the Rising Roman Power: Gabii and Tusculum, Praeneste and Tibur. The Latin League from the Battle at Lake Regillus to Its Dissolution (338 b.c.). The Roman Ascendancy over Latium. The Relations of the Latins with Rome During the Early Republic: Political, Legal, and Social Aspects. Appendix. L occupazione etrusca di Campania, BY W. JOHANNOVSKY Index. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1187642

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Title: Early Rome and the Latins.

Publisher: Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press n.y.

Binding: Cloth.

Condition: Gut