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Throughout The Middle And Late Republican Periods (fourth To First Centuries Bc) The Romans Lived In Fear And Loathing Of The Gauls Of Northern Italy, Caused Primarily By Their Collective Historical Memory Of The Destruction Of The City Of Rome By Gauls In 387 Bc. By Examining The Literary Evidence Relating To The Historical, Ethnographic, And Geographical Writings Of Greeks And Romans Of The Period - Focussing On Invasion And Conflict - This Book Attempts To Answer The Questions How And Why The Gauls Became The Deadly Enemy Of The Romans. Dr. Williams Also Examines The Problematic Notion Of The Gauls As 'celts' Which Has Been So Influential In Historical And Archaeological Accounts Of Northern Italy In The Late Pre-roman Iron Age By Modern Scholars. The Book Concludes That Ancient Literary Evidence And Modern Ethnic Presumptions About 'celts' Are Not A Sound Basis For Reconstructing Either The History Of The Romans' Interaction With The Peoples Of Northern Italy Or For Interpreting The Material Evidence.--jacket. 1. The Discovery Of Celtic Italy -- 2. Characterizing The Gauls -- 3. Myth And History I: The Gallic Invasion Of Italy -- 4. Myth And History Ii: The Sack Of Rome -- 5. A

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Author

J. H. C. Williams

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280444852

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Poetry, Education

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14