350-200 BCE, and contributes much of interest to scholars of Roman history more generally.Ĭhapter One provides a general introduction to sources and methodology. Although not structured as a narrative, the book develops a history of southern Italy in a neglected period, c. Fronda’s fresh and modern approach to the war’s diplomatic arena, which both incorporates material and numismatic evidence alongside written sources and situates events in their historical context, offers much more than its subtitle suggests. It is informed throughout by contemporary political science theory and archaeological evidence, and will be required reading for all historians of the Roman Republic.Michael Fronda’s excellent book is the first modern monograph in English on Rome’s southern Italian allies in the Second Punic War. The book sheds new light on Roman imperialism in Italy, the nature of Roman hegemony, and the transformation of Roman Italy in the period leading up to the Social War. Understanding their motivations reveals much, not just about the war itself, but also about Rome's relations with Italy during the prior two centuries of aggressive expansion.
Why did some communities decide to side with Carthage and others to side with Rome? This is the fundamental question posed in this book, and consideration is given to the particular political, diplomatic, military and economic factors that influenced individual communities' decisions. Yet even after crushing the Roman army at Cannae, he was only partially successful. Hannibal invaded Italy with the hope of raising widespread rebellions among Rome's subordinate allies. Defection of the Southern Lucanians, 212. Chronology of events from the defection of Taras through the defection of Thurii, 213-212 Southern Lucania and Eastern Magna Graecia
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