Roman Tombs and the Art of Commemoration
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Roman Tombs and the Art of Commemoration
Contextual Approaches to Funerary Customs in the Second Century CE
Borg, Barbara E. (University of Exeter)
Cambridge University Press
04/2019
374
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Inglês
9781108472838
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Employs the full range of material and written evidence to explore four key questions around Roman funerary customs that alter our view of the society and its values: senators' tombs, the change from incineration to inhumation, tombs showcasing family longevity, and the deceased's association with the divine and apotheosis.
1. In search of deceased senators; 2. Reviving tradition in Hadrianic Rome: from incineration to inhumation; 3. Family matters: the long life of Roman tombs; 4. Straddling borderlines: divine connotations in funerary commemoration.
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Employs the full range of material and written evidence to explore four key questions around Roman funerary customs that alter our view of the society and its values: senators' tombs, the change from incineration to inhumation, tombs showcasing family longevity, and the deceased's association with the divine and apotheosis.
1. In search of deceased senators; 2. Reviving tradition in Hadrianic Rome: from incineration to inhumation; 3. Family matters: the long life of Roman tombs; 4. Straddling borderlines: divine connotations in funerary commemoration.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
