Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Author : J. M. C. Toynbee
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1996-10-31
Death And Burial In The Roman World written by J. M. C. Toynbee and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-31 with History categories.
The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.
Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Author : Jocelyn M. C. Toynbee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Death And Burial In The Roman World written by Jocelyn M. C. Toynbee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Funeral rites and ceremonies categories.
Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Author : Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Death And Burial In The Roman World written by Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Author : J. M. C. Toynbee
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1996-10-31
Death And Burial In The Roman World written by J. M. C. Toynbee and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-31 with History categories.
The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.
Death And Burial In The Roman World
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Author : J. M. C. Toynbee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Death And Burial In The Roman World written by J. M. C. Toynbee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Valerie Hope
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-11-13
Death In Ancient Rome written by Valerie Hope and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-13 with History categories.
Presenting a wide range of relevant, translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of recent scholarship. The breadth of material included ensures that this sourcebook will shed light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society.
Roman Death
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Author : Valerie M. Hope
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-06-15
Roman Death written by Valerie M. Hope and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-15 with History categories.
An original study of the role and rituals of death in Roman civilization. Death never ceases to fascinate the living and in roman society, where the mortality was high, people were forced to confront the brevity of life and the impact of death. What did death mean and symbolize to the Romans? What does 'roman death' tell the modern reader about ancient society? This accessible and engaging book ranges from suicides, funeral feasts, necromancy and Hades to mourning, epitaphs and posthumous damnation. Impressive in its broad scope and fascinating in the level of detail, Valerie Hope presents the first survey to study death in ancient Rome in such an approachable and authoritative style.
Death Ritual And Social Structure In Classical Antiquity
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Author : Ian Morris
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-10-22
Death Ritual And Social Structure In Classical Antiquity written by Ian Morris and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-22 with History categories.
In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.
Spectacles Of Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Donald G. Kyle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Spectacles Of Death In Ancient Rome written by Donald G. Kyle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with History categories.
The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.
Death Burial And Rebirth In The Religions Of Antiquity
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Author : Jon Davies
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Death Burial And Rebirth In The Religions Of Antiquity written by Jon Davies and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with History categories.
In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered are: * Osiris and Isis: the life theology of Ancient Egypt * burying the Jewish dead * Roman religion and Roman funerals * Early Christian burial * the nature of martyrdom. Jon Davies also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction to and overview of death, burial and the afterlife in the first Christian centuries which offers insights into the relationship between social change and attitudes to death and dying.