The trajectory of Rome from a small village in Latium vetus, to an emerging power in Italy during the first millennium BC, and finally, the heart of an Empire that sprawled throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe until the 5th century CE, is well known. Its rise is often presented as inevitable and unstoppable. Yet the factors that contributed to Rome's rise to power are not well understood. Why Rome and not Veii? In this book, Francesca Fulminante offers a fresh approach to this question through the use of a range of methods. Adopting quantitative analyses and a novel network perspective, she focuses on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000–500 BC. Fulminante reveals the multiple factors that contributed to the emergence and dominance of Rome within these regional networks, and the critical role they in the rise of the city and, ultimately, Roman imperialism.
Author(s): Francesca Fulminante
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: xviii+268
The Rise of Early Rome. Transportation Networks and Domination in Central Italy, 1050–500 BC
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Ancient City: Still a Debated Topic
1.1 The Ancient City: Is a Definition Possible?
1.2 Urbanisation in Central Italy
1.3 Conclusions
2 Transportation Infrastructures: A New Approach to Interactions
2.1 The Network Approach: Metaphor or Tool?
2.2 Networks and Urbanism
2.3 Why Transportation Networks
2.4 Conclusions
3 Data and Methodology
3.1 Data
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Conclusions
4 Network Analysis Centrality Indexes
4.1 Methodology
4.2 Discussion of the Analyses and Results
4.3 Conclusions
5 Network Analysis Efficiency Indexes
5.1 Methodology
5.2 Discussion of the Analyses and Results
5.3 Conclusions
6 Multi-scale Analysis Based on Least-Cost Paths
6.1 Methodology
6.2 Discussion of the Analyses and Results
6.3 Conclusions
7 Modelling
7.1 Methodology
7.2 Discussion of the Analyses and Results
7.3 Conclusions
Conclusions
Appendices: Data, Mathematical Explanations and Calculations
Appendix A: Mathematical Explanations and Calculations for Chapter 5
Appendix B: Modelling from Chapter 7 Step-by-Step
Appendix C: Mathematical Explanations and Calculations for Chapter 4
Appendix D: Data
Notes
Introduction
1 The Ancient City
2 Transportation Infrastructures
3 Data and Methodology
4 Network Analysis Centrality Indexes
5 Network Analysis Efficiency Indexes
6 Multi-scale Analysis Based on Least-Cost Paths
7 Modelling
Conclusions
Appendix A: Mathematical Explanations and Calculations for Chapter 5
Appendix B Modelling from Chapter 7 Step-by-Step
Appendix C: Mathematical Explanations and Calculations for Chapter 4
Appendix D: Data
Bibliography
Index
