02938nam 2200685 a 450 991045112400332120200520144314.01-281-15484-997866111548440-19-151619-8(CKB)1000000000408568(EBL)430719(OCoLC)252687773(SSID)ssj0000249867(PQKBManifestationID)12062863(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249867(PQKBWorkID)10228003(PQKB)10778595(MiAaPQ)EBC430719(MiAaPQ)EBC3314758(Au-PeEL)EBL430719(CaPaEBR)ebr10271412(CaONFJC)MIL115484(EXLCZ)99100000000040856820060615d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpirits of the dead[electronic resource] Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe /Maureen CarrollOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (352 p.)Oxford studies in ancient documentsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-960399-5 0-19-929107-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.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, hOxford studies in ancient documents.Sepulchral monumentsRomeEpitaphsRomeFuneral rites and ceremoniesRomeEurope, WesternAntiquities, RomanRomeSocial life and customsRomeSocial conditionsElectronic books.Sepulchral monumentsEpitaphsFuneral rites and ceremonies937Carroll Maureen624129MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451124003321Spirits of the dead1683542UNINA