The Former Independent Towns of Latium
Roman Gentrification - The Transformation of Town and Country on the Italian Peninsula - Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf [+]
Peter de Graaf recently received his PhD from Universiteit Leiden.
Description
In Chapter 5 I will study the former independent towns of Latium, and focus on Praeneste, Lanuvium and Antium. These towns were overbuilt in later periods, but their development into the Early Imperial period is explained through a Roman gentrification-centred view. The archaeological and literary evidence for these towns is fragmented, not visible or absent. Nevertheless, Latium is a region that offers insight into the challenges of articulating and testing the Roman gentrification model.