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Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / / Maureen Carroll



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Autore: Carroll Maureen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / / Maureen Carroll Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 937
Soggetto topico: Sepulchral monuments - Rome
Epitaphs - Rome
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome
Soggetto geografico: Europe, Western Antiquities, Roman
Rome Social life and customs
Rome Social conditions
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: "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
Titolo autorizzato: Spirits of the dead  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-180839-3
1-281-15484-9
9786611154844
0-19-151619-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784980003321
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Serie: Oxford studies in ancient documents.