Lomas Kathryn (ed.) Roman Italy, 338 BC - AD 200: A Sourcebook

Routledge, 1996. — 288 p.This work gives students of all levels access to a comprehensive collection of primary sources on the early history of Italy, from the early expansion of Roman power to the first emmergence of Italy as a unified and cultural political unit. The sources, presented in translation, cover the Roman conquest of Italy, the mechanisms used by Rome to govern Italy and the post-conquest process of Romanization. These include inscriptions, coins and archaeological evidence where necessary. Brief explanatory notes are given and each chapter has an introduction in which the nature of the source material is discussed, together with the major questions raised by that particular aspect of the subject.Dr Kathryn Lomas is based in Newcastle upon Tyne. She is a part-time teacher and Honorary Research Fellow in Classics at the University of Durham, and has published widely on the history and archaeology of early Italy and the Western Mediterranean. She is the author of Rome and the Western Greeks (Routledge, 1993) and Roman Italy, 338 BC - AD 200 (UCL Press, 1996) and has edited and contributed to many other works on early Italy.