Romanizzazione? Attualità di una problematica storico-archeologica

The article explores the different phases of calibrated research on Romanization, highlighting the crucial moments and sometimes controversial turns related to one of the most solid and influential theoretical approaches and historiographical assumptions pertinent to the reconstruction of the Roman world. Deeply connected to the historical contexts in which it was formulated, applied, and reinterpreted, Romanization is proposed as an important and interconnected field of confrontation between the interpretation of historical sources, the examination of archaeological contexts, and the contribution of material culture. This study is structured in two parts: the first, edited by C. S. Fioriello, outlines, discusses and deepens the very intense and certainly problematic turn of the most significant theoretical and methodological reflections invalidated; the second part, edited by A. Merola, focuses on the historicity of these theories and the prospects of their fruitful reinterpretation in terms of positive critical development.