Cosa and the Colonial Landscape of Republican Italy (Third and Second Centuries BCE)

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This important new volume examines archaeological evidence of Roman colonization of the Middle Republican period. Themes of land use, ethnic accommodation and displacement, colonial identity, and administrative schemes are also highlighted. In delving deeply into the uniqueness of select colonial contexts, these essays invite a novel discussion on the phenomenon of colonialism in the political landscape of Rome's early expansion. Roman urbanism of the Middle Republican period brought to the Italian peninsula fundamental changes, an important example of which, highlighted by a wealth of studies, is the ebullience of a dense network of colonies, as well as a mix of senatorial tactics and individual initiatives that underpinned their foundation. Whether Latin, Roman, or Maritimae, colonies created a new mesh of communities and imposed a new topography; more subtly, they signified the mechanisms of the rising hegemony. This book brings to the fore the diversity, agendas, and overall impact of a "settlement device" that changed the Italian landscape and introduced a new idea of Roman town. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. The Colonial Landscape of the Middle Republic: The State of the Question Chapter 2. Cosa: How Perfect! How Come? Chapter 3. The foedera navalia of Paestum and Cosa and the Radical Switch in Roman Colonial Policy between 273 and 268 BCE Chapter 4. The Brundisium elogium (AE 1954.216) and the History of Republican Colonization Chapter 5. Cosa Revealed: Augustus, a New Development, and the Shape of an “Odd Colony” Chapter 6 Ariminum: The Making of a Latin Colony in Northern Italy Chapter 7. Between Colonial Echoes and Urban Transformations: The Case of Norba Chapter 8. Interamna Lirenas, a History of “Success”? Long-Term Trajectories across Town and Countryside (fourth century BCE to fifth century CE) Chapter 9. Rusellae between Crisis and Revival. The Evidence for Colonial Status Chapter 10. Forum Novum and the Limits of Roman Colonization in Italy Chapter 11. Regionalism or Romanitas? Network Approaches to Architectural Terracottas at Minturnae and Cosa Chapter 12. Colonial Waters: An Examination of Bathing Culture in Mid-Republican Colonies Chapter 13 Rome: The Flexible Archetype? Contributors Bibliography Index