The Samnite legacy : an examination of the Samnitic influences upon the Roman state

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dc.contributor.authorDoberstein, William
dc.contributor.supervisorEpplett, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T20:09:05Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T20:09:05Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this thesis is to fully deconstruct and isolate the considerable Samnite contributions to the Roman state during the period of the Samnite Wars. Although the literary sources have espoused a Samnitic origin for many Roman institutions, very little academic focus has been directed towards these claims. Scholars have generally tended to focus on one or two of these claims only as part of a larger argument. Thus no comprehensive examination of Romano-Samnite interactions exists, with the majority of studies depicting a unilateral process of Romanization. Since the Romanization of the Samnites has been widely documented, this study will focus on the reverse process, a “Samnitization” of Roman society. This will be achieved by examining the potential Samnite origins of the Roman military oath, gladiatorial munus, and the manipular organization and its armaments. Although the available literary and archaeological evidence prevents any definitive conclusions, these institutions appear to have significant Samnite elements; this illustrates a vibrant society which was not dominated by Roman society, but actively interacted and integrated with it.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3499
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0579en_US
dc.proquest.subject0294en_US
dc.proquest.subject0722en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectgladiatorial munusen_US
dc.subjectmanipular organizationen_US
dc.subjectRoman military oathen_US
dc.subjectRoman societyen_US
dc.subjectSamnite influencesen_US
dc.subjectSamnitesen_US
dc.titleThe Samnite legacy : an examination of the Samnitic influences upon the Roman stateen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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