Death in Ancient Rome : A Sourcebook

ISBN-13: 9780415331579 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 288 str.

Hope Valerie; Valerie M. Hope

Opis

Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Death and Dying  2. Grief, Sorrow and Mourning  3. Funerals  4. Wills  5.  The Cemetery  6.  Afterlife, Souls and Spirits

O autorze

Valerie M Hope is Lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at the Open University.  Her main research interest is Roman social history, focusing on Roman funerary customs and funerary monuments.  Her previous publications include Constructing Identity: The Roman Funerary Monuments of Aquileia, Mainz and Nimes (2001) and Death and disease in the Ancient City (2000)