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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451124003321

Autore

Carroll Maureen

Titolo

Spirits of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / / Maureen Carroll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-15484-9

9786611154844

0-19-151619-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Disciplina

937

Soggetti

Sepulchral monuments - Rome

Epitaphs - Rome

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome

Electronic books.

Europe, Western Antiquities, Roman

Rome Social life and customs

Rome Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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