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"This book deals with the widely debated question about the existence of an 'Italian identity' in the time of the Roman Republic. Moving from theories and models developed in the field of social geography, the volume investigates the forms in which Italy was transformed into a region, with a clear territorial and symbolic shape, and approaches therefore from a new and original direction the question of the development of a 'regional identity'."--Provided by publisher.

National characteristics, Italian. --- Italian national characteristics --- Italy --- Rome --- History --- Administrative and political divisions. --- Italiens --- Italie --- Histoire --- Divisions politiques et administratives --- National characteristics, Italian --- Ancient Italy. --- Regional identity. --- Roman Republic. --- Social War.

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Thematology --- Comparative literature

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"This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups were affected by the lack of access to symbolic, cultural and social - as well as economic - capital. Collecting a wide range of studies by an international team of experts, it presents a diverse and complex analysis of life in antiquity, from the archaic to the late antique period. The sections on Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity offer in-depth studies of ancient life, integrating analysis of socio-economic dynamics and cultural and discursive strategies that shaped this crucial element of ancient (and modern) societies. Themes like social cohesion and control, exclusion, gender, agency, and identity are explored through the combination of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence, presenting a rich panorama of Greco-Roman societies and a stimulating collection of new approaches and methodologies for their understanding. The book offers a comprehensive view of the ancient world, analysing different social groups - from wealthy elites to poor peasants and the destitute - and their interactions, in contexts as diverse as Classical Athens and Sparta, imperial Rome, and the late antique towns of Egypt and North Africa. Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome: Discourses and Realities is a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient history, classical literature, and archaeology. In addition, topics covered in the book are of interest to social scientists, scholars of religion, and historians working on poverty and social history in other periods"

Poverty --- Poor --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Subsistence economy --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions --- Greece --- Rome --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Ancient history --- Pauvreté --- Conditions économiques

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The idea of a 'gift economy' has a long tradition in social, economic and cultural studies, since Marcel Mauss' seminal work. But in the latest years, anthropological, philosophical and economic research have underlined that nothing such as a 'gift economy' exists - at least if conceived as a phase preceding modern exchange - and that the 'phenomenon gift' must be understood not only in the different social and cultural contexts in which it is embedded, but also in its coexistence and connections to other forms of exchange, from commerce, to barter, to theft. This book analyzes from a multipli

Gifts. --- Economic history --- Economic anthropology --- Cadeaux --- Histoire économique --- Anthropologie économique --- Mediterranean Region --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Economic conditions. --- Conditions économiques --- Échange --- Religion --- Antiquité --- Don et contre-don --- Civilization, Ancient --- History, Ancient --- Antike. --- Geschenk. --- Gesellschaft. --- Kultur. --- Wirtschaft. --- Gift economy --- Economic aspects. --- Griechenland. --- Römisches Reich. --- Gift economy. --- Histoire économique --- Anthropologie économique --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Conditions économiques --- Échange --- Antiquité --- Gifts --- Donations --- Presents --- Generosity --- Manners and customs --- Free material

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Byzantine Empire --- Civilization. --- Nachleben im Mittelalter --- Byzantinische Geschichte