The Samnites
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 23487577 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Adriano La Regina (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2024 |
| Páginas | 237-290 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2024-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | CHAPTER |
| Revista | Oxford Handbook of Pre-Roman Italy (1000--49 BCE) (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199987894.013.4 |
| OpenAlex | W4392085777 |
| ISBN | 9780199987894 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 11 |
In the fourth century BCE, the Samnites were the only nation able to resist Roman expansion into central-southern Italy. This chapter seeks to elucidate their history by examining several issues in depth: the question of royalty in the Italic world; the path of a Samnite military commander to Roman citizenship, virtutis causa, for his heroic opposition to Hannibal; the nature of their settlements; a proposal for the reconstruction of the missing sections of Festus’s description of the vici; the design of their sanctuaries, and the brief flourishing of the temple-theater complex in central Italy; the cult of the Italic goddess Mefitis, and especially her connection to Isis; and, finally, the political structure of the Samnite communities, the Pentri in particular.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cult · Flourishing · Human settlement · Literature · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |