Littérature scientifique sur le sujet « Antiquités – Lombardie (Italie) »

La Romanisation du Valcamonica focalise l’attention sur la cité alpine des Kamuni ou Camunni qui habitaient la vallée alpine italienne au nord de Brescia et Bergame, entre le Lac d’Isée et le col du Tonal. L’objectif a été la compréhension du contexte de 193 témoignages épigraphiques latines, qui vont de la première époque impériale au VIIème siècle apr. J. C. , incluant l’analyse des sources historiques-littéraires, des gravures rupestres et du matériau provenant de fouilles archéologiques, au cas où la documentation existerait. Après les campagnes de conquête des Alpes sous Auguste, le Valcamonica est annexée à l’empire avec d’autres gentes alpinae devictae. Ensuite, le Valcamonica devient une zone tampon de l’Empire romain et reçoit précocement la citoyenneté et une certaine autonomie. Notre étude s’intéresse plus particulièrement à la nouvelle organisation civique et à l’impact de Rome sur la population indigène préexistante, non seulement du point de vue du rapport entre les Romains et la peuplade autochtone, mais aussi du point de vue du processus de transformation du substrat camunien sous la poussée de la romanisation
The Romanisation of Camonica Valley concerns the impact of Rome on the life of a community in the middle of the Italian Alps north of Brescia and Bergamo, between Iseo Lake and Tonal Pass: the ancient Camunian people (Kamuni or Camunni). This is a systematic study of the context of 193 Latin Inscriptions that cover a period of time from the first Roman Imperial Age to the VII century A. D. , as well as an analysis of historic literary sources, rock carving art and all archaeological remains. After the campaigns of Druses and Tiberius, in fact, Augustus conquered the dominion of Alps and the Camonica Valley was annexed to Rome with other gentes alpinae devictae. The valley became then a buffer state in the Roman Empire, received soon the Roman citizenship and a certain degree of autonomy. The study examines especially the new social organisation of the native people, not only regarding the relationship between Roman and local people but also about the transformation process of Camonica Valley due the effects of Romanisation

After a brief recall of Italian history from late antiquity to 750, this chapter provides a city-by-city history from the end of the Exarchate to 1000. The history of Rome follows the Lombard crises and the end of Byzantine rule, Frankish/Carolingian domination, the events of the Kingdom of Italy, aristocratic rule, and the attempted Ottonian control over the city. Ravenna’s three narrative strands are the aftermath of the autocephaly conflict, the anti-papal policies of most archbishops throughout the Byzantine then Carolingian period, and lastly the renewed prestige of the city under the Ottonian emperors. For Venice, the narrative follows the origins (imagined and probable) of the city, its succession of ducal families, and its attempt always to create a balance between its official Byzantine dependence and its grounding in the north Adriatic space