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dc.contributor.advisorCoulston, J. C.
dc.contributor.advisorBrock, Andrea L.
dc.contributor.authorLumsden, Alastair Richard
dc.coverage.spatial366en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-24T09:30:42Z
dc.date.available2023-02-24T09:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-16
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/27045
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores Cisalpine masculinity and warfare over the period c. 400-50 BC and seeks to demonstrate that material cultural changes reflected broader socio-political and military developments. A statistical analysis is undertaken of the composition of weapon burials from the largest and best-documented Gallic necropoleis in Cispadane and Transpadane Gaul. This reveals that specific combinations of La Tène, Golaseccan, and Italic mortuary goods were employed to express an individual’s position in an aristocratic hierarchy, and that these differed between Cisalpine Gallic groups in chronological, regional and intra-regional contexts. These results are then compared with how elite masculinity was expressed amongst other contemporary tribal groups from Transalpine Gaul and the Italian and Iberian peninsulas, along with their socio-political and military developments. The second half of the thesis combines these conclusions with an examination of the Graeco-Roman battle narratives involving Cisalpine Gallic forces and constructs the first in-depth analysis of organisational and tactical capabilities of these forces. Ultimately, this study demonstrates that the Cisalpine Gallic tribes experienced a significant period of socio-political development during the third century, greatly increasing the sophistication of their warcraft and military forces.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCeltsen_US
dc.subjectGaulsen_US
dc.subjectElite masculinityen_US
dc.subjectWarfareen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectBarbarian culturesen_US
dc.subjectRoman Republicen_US
dc.subject.lccDG89.L86
dc.subject.lcshCelts--Italy--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshGauls--Italy--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshMasculinity--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshExcavations (Archaeology)--Romeen
dc.subject.lcshWeapons, Ancient Rome--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshMilitary art and science--History--To 500en
dc.subject.lcshGaul--History--To 58 B.C.en
dc.titleWhat it means to be a man : elite masculinity and warfare in Cisalpine Gaul c. 400-50 BCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.rights.embargodate2028-02-20
dc.rights.embargoreasonThesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Restricted until 20th February 2028en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17630/sta/295


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