A companion to Roman Italy

Content: List of Illustrations vii    List of Tables xii    Notes on Contributors xiii    Acknowledgements xvi    Introduction: Setting the Scene 1    1 Italy Before the Romans 2 Elena Isayev    Part I The Impact of Rome     Unification and Integration 33    2 Rome   s Encroachment on Italy 35 Rafael Scopacasa    3 Italy and the Greek East, Second Century bc 57 Celia E. Schultz    4 The Social War 76 Edward Bispham    5 The Civil Wars and the Triumvirate 90 Edward Bispham    6 Coming to Terms with Dynastic Power, 30 bc   ad 69 103 Alison E. Cooley    7 Italy during the High Empire, from the Flavians to Diocletian 121 Alison E. Cooley    8 Late Roman and Late Antique Italy: from Constantine to Justinian 133 Neil Christie    Part II Local and Regional Diversity 155    2.1 Cultural Diversity 157  9 Funerary Practices 159 Emma  ]Jayne Graham and Valerie M. Hope    10 Diversity in Architecture and Urbanism 181 Margaret L. Laird    11 Language and Literacy in Roman Italy 217 Kathryn Lomas    2.2 Greek Italy 235    12 Roman Naples 237 Kathryn Lomas    13 Magna Graecia, 270 bc   ad 200 253 Kathryn Lomas    2.3 Case-study: Becoming Roman in Cisalpina 269    14 The Changing Face of Cisalpine Identity 271 Clifford Ando    Part III Town and Country 289    3.1 Settlement Patterns 291    15 Urbanization 293 Joanne Berry    16 Urban Peripheries 308 Penelope J. Goodman    17 Villas 330 Nigel Pollard    3.2 Case-studies of Towns and their Territories 355    18 Republican and Early Imperial Towns in the Tiber Valley 357 Simon Keay and Martin Millett    19 Cosa and the Ager Cosanus 378 Elizabeth Fentress and Phil Perkins    20 Pompeii and the Ager Pompeianus 401 Ray Laurence    21 Ostia 417 Janet DeLaine    Part IV Economy and Society 439    22 Regional Interaction 441 Rebecca R. Benefiel    23 Agricultural Production in Roman Italy 459 Robert Witcher    24 Local Elites 483 John R. Patterson    25 Sub  ]Elites 498 Jonathan S. Perry    Index 513