http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#319e8085-e34d-4e40-a597-04d53db9c0f1 I think the Romans borrowed their idea of colonization from the Greeks. Greece is a very Rocky hard to farm and navigate land. However by Ship the ionian see was very crossable. So they would invade or simply start landing on a port and start colonies there. The Romans did this though on a massive scale. I don't believe they intended to Romanize these areas but rather draw commercial wealth from them and products such as Wheat which was hard to grow to feed the population. That's why North Africa was such a prized piece of land because you could farm vast tracts of land without hinderance from the elements or private property. The end result was "Romanization" because of course once you get a solid economic base, all the rest of the disconnected people's become drawn to it and assimilate the language of the conquerors much like the colonies of Europe did to the World or that we have done to our vast reaches of our empire in the USA as in Hawaii, Alaska, Rio Grande Valley, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:41:46 GMT http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#319e8085-e34d-4e40-a597-04d53db9c0f1 Abe 2007-03-30T15:41:46Z http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#f6c651c2-a39b-474e-817d-4feca90d8961 I picked up a book on just this topic called "Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic" by E. Badian, which covers the period of greatest expansion (Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Octavian). His argument is that it's really a matter of the oligarchs, their economic and political interests, their armies, and keeping their veterans and political allies happy. It's a quick read. After this period, there really wasn't a lot of growth except for the setting the border at the Danube, limes and Rhine by Augustus, the annexation of Britain by Tiberius, and the eastern conquests of Trajan: neither of the former were heavily populated regions and plopping a few legions here and there seem to have done the trick, and it may be argued thart the latter never really took, not because of restive natives but because of Persia. Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:52:05 GMT http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#f6c651c2-a39b-474e-817d-4feca90d8961 $item.owner.firstName 2006-03-04T21:52:05Z http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#06b73197-c9e8-406e-89a0-da06cbba16d8 Thanks for the reading list. I'm interested in differences in how the Romans handled conquest from the Principate to Late Antiquity to get an idea of how their views changed over time and how things like the switch from volunteer to professional army, elected government to hereditary emperors, and the adoption of Christianity as state religion may have affected their strategies. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:47:21 GMT http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#06b73197-c9e8-406e-89a0-da06cbba16d8 Inaras 2006-03-03T16:47:21Z http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#c9884da0-4eda-45c0-9539-f037982c0bcc The Romans didn't really have the idea of "Romanization" (which is not to suggest that it didn't happen) so there's not the type of planning that you asking about. Here's a few things from my friend's exams bibliographies and my advisor's suggested reading list. Are you referring to the Republic? Early Republic (i.e. Principate)? Late Republic (i.e. Dominate)? or Late Antiquity/Byzantium? Here's one of my faves: Price, S. R. F. Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor. (Cambridge, 1984) Here's a few to start with - there will be good refs and bibs in these: Campbell, J. B. The Emperor and the Roman Army, 31 BC – AD 235. (Oxford, 1984.) Duncan-Jones, Richard. Money and Government in the Roman Empire. (Cambridge, 1994) Lendon, Jon. Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World. (Oxford, 1997) Lintott, Andrew. Imperium Romanum. Politics and Administration. (Routledge, 1993) Millar, Fergus. The Emperor in the Roman World. Ithaca: Cornell. Dyson, S. The Creation of the Roman Frontier. (Princeton, 1985) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:22:59 GMT http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#c9884da0-4eda-45c0-9539-f037982c0bcc Ms. Em 2006-03-03T07:22:59Z http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#d9bb80f6-9066-4c37-b695-43a053ff2c45 Can anyone recommend some reputable books on how the Romans went about planning when/where to invade and what to do with a new province when it was conquered? My main interest is in social aspects such as how they went about gauging the strength of enemies, how they got the empire's citizens behind campaigns, and how they tried to Romanize a conquered population (what we would today call winning hearts and minds). I'm also curious as to how these strategies changed over time and how they stack up against methods used by other empires. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:07:09 GMT http://greecerome.tribe.net/thread/e7a4cbc4-1592-49c0-b5e9-f3202883ead2#d9bb80f6-9066-4c37-b695-43a053ff2c45 Inaras 2006-03-03T07:07:09Z