Roman tombs and the art of commemoration : contextual approaches to funerary customs in the second c...
Roman tombs and the art of commemoration : contextual approaches to funerary customs in the second c...
Roman tombs and the art of commemoration : contextual approaches to funerary customs in the second century CE / Barbara E. Borg, University of Exeter.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/3896
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English
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Physical content
xxviii, 341 pages ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
In search of deceased senators -- Senatorial tombs after the late Republic: Augustus and a new decorum -- Senatorial tombs of the second century -- Messages -- Conclusion -- Reviving tradition in Hadrianic Rome: From incineration to inhumation -- Inhumation from the Republican to the Hadrianic perio...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
The history of funerary customs in Rome contains many unanswered questions and controversial debates, especially concerning the significant developments of the second century CE. In this book, distinguished historian Barbara E. Borg employs the full range of material and written evidence to explore four key questions that change our view of Roman s...
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Roman tombs and the art of commemoration : contextual approaches to funerary customs in the second century CE / Barbara E. Borg, University of Exeter.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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ebook version : 9781108639934
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©2019
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G 2019/3896
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74VKVexkrq7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVexkrq7A
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ISBN
9781108472838 hardcover
1108472834 hardcover
DDC
393.930937
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991024257919302626
