Crossing the Adriatic : the Italiote foundations of the coming of Rome
This thesis undertakes a comparative study of Roman interactions with the Greeks of Italy, Sicily, and the Adriatic from the mid-fourth century to the First Illyrian War, set in their broader regional context. Chapter One outlines the methodological foundations of the thesis, critically assessing scholarship concerned with Romano-Greek relations, and with the extension of Roman power over the Greek world in particular. A number of historiographical trends are identified, which this chapter argues fUl:~âŹ contributed to the unjustified exclusion of the history of Roman interaction with the Western Greeks from studies of Romano-Greek relations more broadly. Chapters Two and Three analyse Rome's relationship with the Italiote Greeks from the mid-fourth century to the end of the Pyrrhic war, set in its regional context. The Roman approach towards the Italiote Greeks was substantially different to that pursued towards other Italian polities, being characterised by lenient treatment and the avoidance of coercive structures of control. This approach was further characterised by an engagement with the ideologically-constructed discourses of Hellenism and 'barbarism', and complemented by Roman appropriation of Greek
Casule, Nikola
Crossing the Adriatic : the Italiote foundations of the coming of Rome. This thesis undertakes a comparative study of Roman interactions with the Greeks of Italy, Sicily, and the Adriatic from the mid-fourth century to the First Illyrian War, set in their broader regional context. Chapter One outlines the methodological foundations of the thesis, critically assessing scholarship concerned with Romano-Greek relations, and with the extension of Roman power over the Greek world in particular. A number of historiographical trends are identified, which this chapter argues fUl:~âŹ contributed to the unjustified exclusion of the history of Roman interaction with the Western Greeks from studies of Romano-Greek relations more broadly. Chapters Two and Three analyse Rome's relationship with the Italiote Greeks from the mid-fourth century to the end of the Pyrrhic war, set in its regional context. The Roman approach towards the Italiote Greeks was substantially different to that pursued towards other Italian polities, being characterised by lenient treatment and the avoidance of coercive structures of control. This approach was further characterised by an engagement with the ideologically-constructed discourses of Hellenism and 'barbarism', and complemented by Roman appropriation of Greek
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