Memory and Mourning: Studies on Roman Death (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842179901)

This book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject matter from the literature, art, and archaeology of ancient Rome. It brings together scholarship on varied aspects of Roman death, investigating connections between ancient poetry, history and oratory and placing these alongside archaeological and textual evidence for Roman funerary and commemorative rituals. A series of case studies centred on individual authors and/or specific aspects of ritual behaviour, traces the story of Roman death: how the inhabitants of the Roman world confronted their mortality, disposed of the dead, remembered the dead and praised the dead, thereby enhancing our understanding of Roman society.

Author: Valerie Hope
ISBN-10: 184217990X
ISBN-13: 9781842179901
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2011
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 106