Colonies and processes of integration in the Roman Republic
This article aims to examine the evidence for the various roles that Latin and Roman colonies played in the integration of Italian allies into the Roman state. It discusses the evidence for the legal status of Italian settlers in colonies and argues that Italian allies were not normally admitted as...
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| Argitaratua izan da: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/mefra, |
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Hizkuntza: | Anglais |
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Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Antiquité
2014
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | This article aims to examine the evidence for the various roles that Latin and Roman colonies played in the integration of Italian allies into the Roman state. It discusses the evidence for the legal status of Italian settlers in colonies and argues that Italian allies were not normally admitted as official settlers, but often lived in nearby colonies or moved into them after the foundation. This happened especially in colonies which developed into important commercial centres. Thus there were various possibilities for contact between colonists and Italians, e.g. trade, marriage, religious festivals, and political participation. This has important consequences for our image of the process of the ‘Romanization’ of Italy. Whereas the traditional model, emphasizing spatial separation between colonists and Italians, is inadequate to explain cultural and linguistic change in Italy, a model which supposes more widespread contacts between Romans and Italians would be better suitable to explain in which contexts these two groups came into contact with each other. |
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