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Ancient Italy; historical and geographical investigations in Central Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, and Sardinia

Ancient Italy; historical and geographical investigations in Central Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, and Sardinia

Pais, Ettore

Paperback

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralBritish History

ISBN10: 9353702763
ISBN13: 9789353702762
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ancient Italy is not a tour; it is an investigation. Follow Ettore Pais across coasts, uplands, and contested borders where archaeology and history refuse to stay separate. Maps become arguments on stone. Every harbour has a past. Walk the ground with him. This archaeological research monograph brings together historical geography studies of central Italy antiquity and the wider ancient Mediterranean world, moving from Roman Italy topography to the Magna Graecia Greek colonies, and on to Sicily Sardinia antiquity. Pais weighs sites, routes, names, and political change to illuminate Roman Republic provincial history and the deep layering of cultures that shaped the peninsula and its islands. First published at the height of European classical scholarship, it shows how texts, inscriptions, and field observation can be made to agree - or clash - in the same line of enquiry. From hill sanctuaries and river corridors to colonial foundations and frontier zones, his method models how to read landscape as evidence, not backdrop. It is a rigorous companion for archaeology students and scholars, yet clear enough for curious travellers and armchair explorers. For collectors, it stands among the classical archaeology reference works that still deserve space on a graduate classics reading list. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a scholarly reprint edition to keep close at hand for study and collecting.

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