13. Co-operation or conquest? Alliances, citizenship and colonisation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and acknowledgements vii
4. List of figures and plates xvi
5. Abbreviations xxi
6. Part I: Early Italy and the foundation of Rome
7. 1. Introducing early Rome 1
8. 2. Setting the scene: Iron-Age Italy 10
9. 3. Trojans, Latins, Sabines and rogues: Romulus, Aeneas and the ‘foundation’ of Rome 35
10. 4. The rise of the international aristocracy: Italy and the orientalising revolution 54
11. 5. Orientalising Rome and the early kings 83
12. Part II: War, politics and society: Rome and Italy, 600–400
13. 6. The urban revolution: city and state in sixth-century Italy 99
14. 7. Tyrants and wicked women: Rome, the Tarquin dynasty and the fall of the monarchy 127
15. 8. The ‘fifth-century crisis’ and the changing face of Italy 154
16. 9. A difficult transition: the early Roman Republic 171
17. 10. Rome on the march: war in Latium and beyond, 500–350 199
18. Part III: The Roman conquest of It
19. 11. The road to power: Italy and Rome, 390–342 217
20. 12. ‘Whether Samnite or Roman shall rule Italy’: the Samnite wars and the conquest of Italy 238
21. 13. Co-operation or conquest? Alliances, citizenship and colonisation 262
22. Part IV: From city-state to Italian dominance
23. 14. The impact of conquest: Rome, 340–264 291
24. 15. Epilogue: Rome, Italy and the beginnings of empire in 26 322
25. Appendix: Roman dates and chronology 329
26. Timeline 331
27. A note on sources 335
28. Notes 347
29. Further reading 367
30. Guide to sites, museums and online resources 375
31. Bibliography 381
32. Index 393