The trajectory of Rome from a small village in Latium vetus, to an emerging power in Italy during the first millennium BC, and finally, the heart of an Empire that sprawled throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe until the 5th century CE, is well known. Its rise is often presented as inevitable and unstoppable. Yet the factors that contributed to Rome's rise to power are not well understood. Why Rome and not Veii? In this book, Francesca Fulminante offers a fresh approach to this question through the use of a range of methods. Adopting quantitative analyses and a novel network perspective, she focuses on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000-500 BC. Fulminante reveals the multiple factors that contributed to the emergence and dominance of Rome within these regional networks, and the critical role they in the rise of the city and, ultimately, Roman imperialism.

Focusing on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000-500 BC, this book explores Rome's rise to power.

About the Author
Francesca Fulminante is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and Royal Holloway University of London, and Adjunct Professor (Cultore della Materia), Universita Roma Tre, Italy. Her research focuses on Mediterranean urbanization during the first Millennium BCE in central Italy.


Book Information
ISBN 9781316516805
Author Francesca Fulminante
Format Hardback
Page Count 350
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 579g