UID:
almafu_9959227357202883
Format:
1 online resource (158 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-74616-4
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1-135-03513-X
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1-138-14292-1
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9786610539277
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1-280-53927-5
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0-203-08467-5
Content:
Lawrence Keppie's book offers the non-specialist a comprehensive and enjoyable guide to understanding the texts of Roman inscriptions, as well as explaining the numerous different contexts in which they were produced. Every area of Roman life is covered, including:* the emperor * temples and altars to the gods* imperial administration * gravestones and tomb monuments* local government and society* the army and the frontiers* Christianity* trade, commerce and the economy* the later Roman Empire. For each inscription cited, the book provides the original
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The stonecutter and his craft; Reading Roman inscriptions; Dating Roman inscriptions; The survival of Roman inscriptions; Recording and publication; The emperor; Local government and society; The roads that led to Rome; Administration of an empire; The army and the frontiers; Temples and altars to the gods; Gravestones and tomb monuments; Trade, economy and the business world; Populusque Romanus; Christianity; The Later Roman Empire; Conclusion: the value of Roman inscriptions; Emperors and dates
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Common abbreviations Roman voting-tribes; Footnotes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8018-4322-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15143-0
Language:
English
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