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From Barbarians to New Men - Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines (Hardcover, New)
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From Barbarians to New Men - Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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The Central Apennine peoples, represented alternately as decadent
and dangerous snake-charming barbarians or as personifications of
manly wisdom and virtue, as austere and worthy "new men", were
important figures in Greek and Roman ideology. Concentrating on the
period between the later fourth century BC and the aftermath of the
Social War, this book considers the ways in which Greek and Roman
perceptions of these peoples developed, reflecting both the
shifting needs of Greek and Roman societies and the character of
interaction between the various cultures of ancient Italy. Most
importantly, it illuminates the development of a specifically Roman
identity, through the creation of an ideology of incorporation. The
book is also about the interface between these attitudes and the
dynamics of the perception of local communities in Italy of
themselves, illuminated by both literary and archaeological
evidence. An important new contribution to modern debates on Greek
and Roman perceptions of other peoples, the book argues that the
closely interactive conditions of ancient Italy helped to produce
far less distanced and exotic images than those of the barbarians
in fifth-century Athenian thought.
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