| Резюме: | <p>Between 295 and 167 BC, Rome’s position in the western Mediterranean changed hugely. This thesis asks how. It does this through the consideration of three specific regions: Sicily, the Iberian Peninsula, and Gallic northern Italy, each of which occupies a section, containing two chapters. The two chapters on each region aim to address two separate but related questions: how did Rome become directly involved in the region; and how did it subsequently manifest power there?</p>
<p>Section I introduces the ideas of Roman expansion, power, and imperialism, and rejects the latter as an analytical category. The three Weberian power types are also introduced: economic, ideological, and coercive. </p>
<p>Section II first discusses the period around 264 BC when Rome first entered Sicily with a
military force. It argues for multipolarity in the island, involving Carthage, Syracuse, the Mamertines, and Ptolemaic presence. It then moves on to Roman power, arguing for the slow introduction of regular taxation and magisterial presence.</p>
<p>Section III first discusses events surrounding Rome’s entry to Iberia in 218, arguing for the importance of trade evidence in understanding the key role of Saguntum. It then argues for the central role of individuals in Roman power, and failure to introduce a regularised taxation system within the period.</p>
<p>Section IV first discusses the difficulties of understanding Rome’s move into the north of Italy, highlighting the difficulty of identifying populations and the need for context in discussing colonisation. It then argues that Rome’s exploitative and coercive behaviours reflect the productivity of power in creating the concept of Italy.</p>
<p>Section V discusses the role of the emergent themes of agency, provincial configuration, and individualism. It then argues that clusters of behaviours concerning coinage, settlements and land, manpower and militarisation, and ideological adaptation provide an image of Rome pursuing central goals while making intelligent use of the opportunities offered by the differing regions. </p>
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