Spirits of the Dead : Roman Funerary Commemoration in Western Europe
Maureen. Carroll
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (352 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Figures; Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Memory and Commemoration; 3 Anonymity, Violation, and Memory Loss; 4 Selecting a Monument; 5 Conveying a Message; 6 Causes of Death; 7 Family and Household; 8 Mapping Population Movement; 9 Social Mobility and Social Change; 10 Death on Earth, Life in Heaven; 11 Conclusion; Appendix: Selected Funerary Epitaphs; Selected Epigraphic Abbreviations; Place names mentioned in the text; Bibliography; Index. - An examination of the importance attached to preserving the memory of the dead in the Roman world, and an exploration of the ways in which funerary inscriptions can be used to reconstruct Roman lives. The valuable source material is extensively reproduced, and the discussion is accessible to non-specialists. - ;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, h
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| ISBN | 0199291071. - 9780199291076
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