Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion Temples, Terracottas, and the Shaping of Identity, 3rd-1st c. BCE
Book contents
- Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion
- Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- One Introduction
- Two Chronological Uncertainties and the “Romanization” Tangle
- Three The Power of the Past
- Four Local Identities and Local Networks
- Five Inventing History, Inventing Identity
- Six Reframing and Remediating
- Seven Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Two - Chronological Uncertainties and the “Romanization” Tangle
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2025
Book contents
- Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion
- Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- One Introduction
- Two Chronological Uncertainties and the “Romanization” Tangle
- Three The Power of the Past
- Four Local Identities and Local Networks
- Five Inventing History, Inventing Identity
- Six Reframing and Remediating
- Seven Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 addresses one of the primary impediments to the study of 3rd–1st century Italic architectural terracottas: questions regarding their chronology and the problematic ways in which they have traditionally been bound up in assumptions regarding so-called “Romanization.” Terracottas from Cosa and Rome are discussed in particular, in order to argue that there is no evidence for a “Roman” point of origin for most terracotta types and that the field must shed the lingering baggage derived from “Romanization” theory.
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- Religious Architecture and Roman ExpansionTemples, Terracottas, and the Shaping of Identity, 3rd-1st c. BCE, pp. 31 - 56Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025