One consequence of the globalisation of the modern world in recent years has been to focus historical interest on human migration and movement. Sociologists and historians have argued that mobility is much more characteristic of past historical eras than we might expect given our modern nationalistic perspectives. This paper aims to contribute to this subject by surveying some of the evidence for mobility in central Italy and by examining its implications for early Rome. I will focus primarily on the plebeian movement, which is normally seen in terms of an internal political dispute. Our understanding of the ‘Struggle of the Orders’ is conditioned by the idealising view of our literary sources, which look back on the early Republic from a period when the plebeians provided many of the key members of the nobility. However, if we see the plebeian movement in its contemporary central Italian context, it emerges as much more threatening and potentially subversive. The key plebeian tactic – secession from the state – is often regarded as little more than a military strike. Instead, I argue that it was a genuine threat to abandon the community, and secessions can be seen as ‘paused migrations’. This paper also considers two other episodes that support this picture, the migration to Rome of Attus Clausus and the Claudiangensand the proposed move to Veii by the plebs.

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罗马共和国早期的流动与分离

近年来，现代世界全球化的一个后果是将历史兴趣集中在人类迁徙和流动上。社会学家和历史学家认为，考虑到现代民族主义观点，流动性比我们预期的更具有过去历史时代的特征。本文旨在通过调查意大利中部流动性的一些证据并检查其对早期罗马的影响，为这一主题做出贡献。我将主要关注平民运动，这通常被视为内部政治争端。我们对“秩序斗争”的理解取决于我们文学资料的理想化观点，这种观点回顾了早期共和国，当时平民提供了许多贵族的关键成员。然而，如果我们在当代意大利中部的背景下看到平民运动，它就会变得更具威胁性和潜在的颠覆性。平民的关键策略——脱离国家——通常被认为只不过是一次军事打击。相反，我认为放弃社区是真正的威胁，分离可以被视为“暂停的迁移”。本文还考虑了支持这幅画的另外两个事件，阿图斯克劳苏斯迁移到罗马和克劳迪安氏族以及平民提议的搬迁到Veii。