Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / / Maureen Carroll
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| Autore: |
Carroll Maureen
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| Titolo: |
Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / / Maureen Carroll
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| 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: | Previously issued in print: 2006. |
| 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: | Maureen Carroll provides 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Spirits of the dead |
| 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.: | 9910820122403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Oxford studies in ancient documents.