"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

Kathryn Lomas

doi:10.5209/GERI.63868

"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

Kathryn Lomas University of Durham

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/GERI.63868

Keywords: Cicero, Roman Italy;, Neigbourhoods, Social networks, Cultural identities

Abstract

Roman Italy was a highly interconnected region. The social elites of both Rome and other communities were linked by a dense web of connections which played an important role in influencing social, economic and political behaviour and shaping cultural identities. This paper explores the importance of neighbourhood networks in the period after the social war, using the works of Cicero and his contemporaries, as well as modern analytical approaches. It examines how vicinitas is defined and what social and political significance it had in this pivotal period of Roman history.

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Lomas K. (2019). "Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy. Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua, 37(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.5209/GERI.63868

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