Rome, city of: 1. Prehistoric (earliest remains)

Abstract

The concept of proto‐urban was introduced into the study of Italian proto‐history by Renato Peroni and his school. This concept is crucial for understanding the development of research into the origins of the city of Rome, especially in light of what is now known about the birth of urban centers in nearby Etruria and other regions of the Italian peninsula between the end of the Bronze Age and the earliest stages of the Iron Age (tenth to ninth centuries BCE : hereafter, all the absolute dates are given according to traditional chronology).