{"podcast":{"title":"The Partial Historians","slug":"the-partial-historians-1084922","podcast_index_feed_id":1084922,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8","website_url":"https://partialhistorians.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8/show-cover.jpg","author":"The Partial Historians","episode_count":214,"summary":"Join Dr Rad and Dr G as we discuss, spar, and laugh our way through different aspects of the ancient Roman world! Our main series 'From the Foundation of the City' follows Roman history year by year from the traditional foundation date of 753 BCE. We also interview academics and specialists from around the globe for their insights into history and the representation of Rome and the ancient Mediterranean in popular culture. Dr Fiona Radford is an expert on Rome on film and wrote her thesis on Kubrick’s Spartacus. Dr Radford is exponent of not only Ancient History, but also Reception Studies. Dr Peta Greenfield is an expert on the Vestal Virgins. Dr Greenfield’s research interests include: religion and politics in Rome, the late republic and Augustan period, and the role of women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T18:17:25.618052+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922"},"episode":{"title":"Central Italy and the Emergence of Rome with Dr Fulminante","slug":"central-italy-and-the-emergence-of-rome-with-dr-fulminante","published_at":"2025-10-16T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922/central-italy-and-the-emergence-of-rome-with-dr-fulminante","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922","url":"https://partialhistorians.com/2025/10/16/central-italy-and-the-emergence-of-rome-with-dr-francesca-fulminante/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8/e/688eff260bb12601f05e822c/media.mp3","summary":"We are thrilled to sit down with Dr Francesca Fulminante to chat all about the development of settlements in central Italy from the Bronze Age to the Archaic Period of Rome. Dr Fulminante shares insights from her recent monograph: The Rise of Early Rome - Transportation Networks and Domination in Central Italy, 1050-500 BCE   (2023) (Cambridge University Press). This is a period where archaeological investigation reigns supreme requiring researchers to get into the nitty gritty layers of settlement patterns and trading networks. We’re thrilled to learn from Dr Fulminante as her research involves the investigation of complex societies in central Italy during the Bronze Age, looking at things like social stratification, settlement organisation, and craft community practices. Dr Fulminate is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol, and is an Associate Professor at University Roma Tre. Her work also involves offering continuing education training at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. What is time and how do things get complicated quickly? Coming to grips with the early evidence for Rome and central Italy involves understanding some of the overlapping terminology used by archaeologists and historians, who are coming to the evidence from different perspectives. Terms like the Bronze Age and Iron Age come to us from archaeology and anthropology while specific periods like the Archaic period and Early Roman Republic are much more society specific and tend to come from historians. This overlap can create a little bit of confusion, so here’s a rough breakdown (including some of the overlapping terms): The Early Bronze Age: 2300-1700 BCE The Middle Bronze Age: 1700-1350 BCE The Recent Bronze Age: 1350-115…","meta_description":"We are thrilled to sit down with Dr Francesca Fulminante to chat all about the development of settlements in central Italy from the Bronze Age to the Arch…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2497,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-partial-historians-1084922/episodes/central-italy-and-the-emergence-of-rome-with-dr-fulminante/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922/central-italy-and-the-emergence-of-rome-with-dr-fulminante.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}