Constructing Identity - The Roman Funerary Monuments of Aquileia, Mainz and N¿mes

von Valerie M. Hope

276 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A catalogue and discussion of the social meaning and family relationships behind the funerary monuments of Roman France. Hope aims to reconstruct the stories associated with monuments from their inscriptions, artworks, dimensions, type and location. The catalogue entries, which include descriptions and inscriptions, are presceded by a discussion of the gender, age, social status and title of the dead, funerary monuments of soldiers and people of other occupations, such as gladiators, freedmen, family tombs and the Roman way of mourning and commemorating the dead.

• Reihe: BAR International Series
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9781841711805
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.2001
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd