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Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe /
"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, historic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in ancient documents.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191516198 9780191516191 9786611154844 6611154841 1281154849 9781281154842 |