Styling Romanisation

Pottery and Society in Central Italy

Roman Roth (University of Cambridge)

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English

Cambridge University Press
14 July 2011

History of art: ancient & classical art; Ceramics: artworks; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

What was the impact of Romanisation on non-elite life in central Italy during the late third and second centuries BC? Focusing on the increasing spread of black-gloss pottery across the peninsula, this text demonstrates the importance of the study of such everyday artefacts as a way of approaching aspects of social history that are otherwise little documented. Placing its subject within the wider debate over cultural identity in the Roman world, the book argues that stylistic changes in such objects of everyday use document the development of new forms of social representation among non-elite groups in Roman Italy. In contrast to previous accounts, the book concludes that, rather than pointing to a loss of regional cultural identities, the ceramic patterns suggest that the Romanisation of Italy provided new material opportunities across the social scale.

By: Roman Roth (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780521349512
ISBN 10: 0521349516
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 14 July 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Romanisation; 2. Black-gloss wares and the Romanisation of Italy; 3. Style and society in central Italy during the Hellenistic period; 4. Volterra; 5. Capena; 6. Ceramics and the Romanisation of central Italy; 7. Conclusion.