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09-20-2007, 12:51 AM | #1 |
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Plutarch
I am listening to Plutarch's Roman Lives and in the one about Coriolanus (recall I am listening so I have no idea how to spell this stuff) He talks about the voskians (or somethign liek that). WHo are these people? I assume they are a tribe on the peninsula? ANd are the Latins something apart from or a larger group of than Romans?
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09-20-2007, 06:29 PM | #2 | |
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The Latins were an ethnic group, united by language, culture, mythology, and custom, that lived on the Italian peninsula. Rome was just one Latin settlement, and these small states often fought one another. Eventually, Rome became powerful enough to subsume the other Latin entities, and later mentions of cities or colonies with "Latin" rights or status meant only that these places had special relationships with the big city. Kudos to you for giving Plutarch a shot. He's my favorite ancient author.
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