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

• Autore: Carroll Maureen
• 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
• 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
• Serie: Oxford studies in ancient documents.