ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the evolution of settlement patterns and urbanism throughout Daunia during the pre-Roman and post-conquest periods, during which there occurred a transition from characteristically Indigenous settlements to what might be termed Roman-style cities. The focus is on a series of case-studies that engage with the spatial organization and urban planning during several critical stages of urban development and transformation of large Daunian settlements. Archaeological research undertaken over the past 30 years has profoundly changed our understanding of the process of urbanization in Daunia. Throughout this chapter, examples of pre-Roman Daunian settlements and their transformations immediately before, during, and after the Roman conquest are presented in some detail. Based on this survey, the most notable transformations of these settlements and their rural territories were the result of Roman intervention, which included the founding of colonies and the establishment of a dense network of rural land assignations to settlers.
