Italy's Economic Revolution: Integration and Economy in Republican Italy

The Roman conquest of Italy in the Republican period led to widespread economic changes in which the conquered Italians played an important role. This volume explores the interplay between economic activities and the integration of the Italian peoples into the Roman civic, legal, social, and cultural framework.

Saskia T. Roselaar, Independent scholar, The Netherlands

Saskia T. Roselaar obtained her PhD from Leiden University in 2009 and has worked as a Newton International Fellow at the University of Manchester and as a Nottingham Advanced Research Fellow. Her 2010 book Public Land in the Roman Republic: A Social and Economic History of Ager Publicus in Italy, 396-89 BC (Oxford University Press) was awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize and the Premio Speciale della Corte Costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana. Her research interests cover the social, economic, and legal history of the Roman Republic, as well as issues of citizenship and integration in the Roman world in general.