Format:
1 Online-Ressource (270 pages)
ISBN:
9781441113658
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used in Notes -- Introduction -- The Roman Era -- Rome and Empire -- Society and Sources -- Life and Death -- Investigating Roman Death -- 1 Facing Mortality -- A Philosophy of Death -- Facing the Inevitable -- Memento Mori -- The Last Will and Testament -- Wills, Monuments and Memory -- Preserving Reputation and Identity -- Remembering this Life -- Conclusion -- 2 Death Scenes -- Life Expectancy -- Causes of Death -- The Deathbed -- Dying Well -- Suicide -- Bad Deaths -- Conclusion -- 3 Funerals and Feasts -- Expenses and Undertakers -- Preparing the Body -- The Funeral Procession -- Funeral Speeches -- Disposal of the Body -- Feasts -- Funerals as Spectacles -- Conclusion -- 4 Heaven and Hell -- The Presence of the Dead -- The Underworld -- Celestial Kingdoms -- Belief and Disbelief -- Ghost and Spirits -- Conclusion -- 5 Mourning the Dead -- Rules for Mourning -- Ideals for Mourning -- Consolation and Philosophy -- The Loss of a Child -- Widows and Widowers -- The Literature of Grief -- Conclusion -- 6 Commemorating and Remembering the Dead -- Cemetery Location and Organization -- Monuments -- Epitaphs -- Preserving Tomb and Memory -- Honour and Dishonour -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: From the Deathbed to the Afterlife -- Appendix One: Roman Emperor -- Appendix Two: Guide to Monetary Values -- Appendix Three: Glossary of some Funerary Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847250384
Additional Edition:
Print version Hope, Valerie M Roman Death : The Dying and the Dead in Ancient Rome London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2009 ISBN 9781847250384
Language:
English
URL:
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