id
	13238
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13238
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Tam Firmum Municipium
Creator
	Terrenato, Nicola
Date
	1998
Language
	eng
Abstract
	The aim of the present paper is to reassess the events connected with the Romanization of the Etruscan metropolis of Volaterrae in the light of recent archaeological findings. The results of the Cecina Valley survey and of other related fieldwork have prompted a full reconsideration of the issue: indeed, they show a very different picture when compared with some of the recent mainstream reconstructions of the making of central Roman Italy; in particular, they are in sharp contrast with what was found in other Tyrrhenian regions, such as Southern Etruria or Campania. In line with these developments, recent local work in various parts of Italy now strongly suggests the need to consider each area, almost each civitas, individually, leaving aside for the moment overarching models based on insufficient data. This appears to resonate with a wider and growing realization that the process of Romanization, all over the Empire, exhibits a very heterogeneous and dialectic character, so much so that the appropriateness of the very term has often been put in question. For this reason, Romanization will be used here only in its weakest sense, simply as a convenient term covering the events involved in the creation of a new and unified political entity, disclaiming any assumptions concerning the acculturation of non-Roman ethnic groups. What is clearly emerging is a need for a new generation of regional studies, with the aim of carefully charting the trajectory of each community towards incorporation in the Roman state and working towards the creation of far more robust and informed syntheses. The present paper strives to make a contribution in this direction.
Is Part Of
	The Journal of Roman Studies
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.2307/300806
Issn
	1753-528X, 0075-4358
Pages
	94-114
Uri
	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/abs/tam-firmum-municipium-the-romanization-of-volaterrae-and-its-cultural-implications/351666AE033E9F3071387901AF73B0B2
Volume
	88
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/YPI2ZBZA/item-list

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