Roman Gentrification

The Transformation of Town and Country on the Italian Peninsula

Describes the transformation process from a pre-Roman (Etruscan, Latin, Oscan, Greek and Celtic context) to the Early Imperial period, with a focus on towns.

In this study, gentrification concepts are used as a heuristic device to analyse urban socio-economic changes. The aim of this book is to describe the transformation process from a pre-Roman (Etruscan, Latin, Oscan, Greek and Celtic context) to the Early Imperial period, with a focus on towns. After describing the most important gentrification theories, these concepts are applied to the Roman towns on the Italian peninsula, using an explanatory model, which helps to filter the evidence and provided a special lens for looking at structures and changes in town and country. The (Augustan) regions discussed are Etruria, Latium (excluding Rome), Campania, Magna Graecia, and the provinces that make up the North of t