In the liminal area of southern Latium and northern Campania Rome founded three neighbouring colonies with different citizenship status in the 4th-3rd c. BC. The dissertation re-examines the... Show moreIn the liminal area of southern Latium and northern Campania Rome founded three neighbouring colonies with different citizenship status in the 4th-3rd c. BC. The dissertation re-examines the historical and archaeological sources within this micro-region and focuses on local-regional characteristics and pre-Roman structures that influenced the colonies. Thereby, this research argues for a local colonial material culture and discusses the impact of cultural and economic factors on the colonial foundations. These support their multi-layered integration into supra-regional trade and production networks as well as spatial and individual connectivity in late Republican times. In contrary to traditional conceptions limited to citizenship status and military purpose, this research emphasizes the heterogenous socio-political, economic, religious, and cultural developments of the colonies. Show less
In conventional models, the Roman colonial countryside has been characterized as consisting of rigid systems of land division and a dense network of isolated, mono-nuclear peasant farms which... Show moreIn conventional models, the Roman colonial countryside has been characterized as consisting of rigid systems of land division and a dense network of isolated, mono-nuclear peasant farms which were situated at regular intervals from each other. Yet, the evidence on which the conventional model of colonial settlement organization is based is very fragile. This book, therefore, critically re-examines the traditional understanding of colonial rural organization, focusing especially on issues of population density, land division, settlement organization and geo-political arrangements. Show less
