War and warriors in the Archaic Aterno Valley (Central-Italy)

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ID3919172
AuthorsElena Scarsella (0000-0002-0379-9618, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume51
Issue5
Pages673-688
Publication date2019-10-20
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2020.1741440
OpenAlexW3015427538
LanguageEN
References cited13

When Roman writers wrote about Pre-Roman Central-Italy, they consigned to History a picture made of epic wars and brave warriors. Indeed, the Archaic period is the golden age of the Pre-Roman aristocracy and warrior ideology played a crucial role in building it. In this paper, I will focus on the specific case of the Vestini Cismontani, a Sabine tribe of modern Abruzzo, in order to define the role of war and its display within communities of the same ethne. The high number of weapons and warriors, along with the widespread fortification of the territory, even in areas supposed to be within the borders, are indicators of a society where fighting and rivalries are part of the wider diplomatic balance of the region. In this paper, I will explore settlement patterns and archaeological evidence in order to define the role of war and inter-communal aggression in a mountainous and harsh landscape

Ancient history · Archaeology · Aristocracy (class · Art · EPIC · Ethnology · Geography · Ideology · Literature · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Tribe · Anthropology · History · Law

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