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

• Autore: Carroll Maureen
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Spirits of the dead
• ISBN: 1-281-15484-9; 9786611154844; 0-19-151619-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451124003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in ancient documents.