Spirits of the dead: Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe
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Main Author: Carroll, Maureen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
Series:Oxford studies in ancient documents
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and index
Memory and commemoration -- Anonymity, violation, and memory loss -- Selecting a monument -- Conveying a message --Causes of death -- Family and household -- Mapping population movement -- Social mobility and social change -- Death on earth, life in heaven
"Spirits of the Dead examines the importance attached to preserving the memory of the dead in the Roman world, and explores the ways in which funerary inscriptions can be used to reconstruct Roman lives, however fragmentarily and imperfectly. It is the only study to examine epigraphic, historical, and archaeological evidence in order to gain insight into the way Romans used funerary texts to establish a dialogue with their own society. Maureen Carroll brings together a large body of material from many geographical areas, shedding light on provincial and regional variation in funerary commemoration and even on the differences between funerary traditions of neighbouring towns." "Readership: archaeologists, ancient historians, classicists."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 331 pages)
ISBN:0191516198
9780191516191

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