ISBN:
9781472502957
,
1472502957
,
1299051650
,
9781299051652
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 212 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Free at last!
DDC:
306.3620937
Keywords:
Freedmen History
;
Rome
;
Freedmen Social conditions
;
Rome
;
Slaves Emancipation
;
Rome
;
Slavery History
;
Rome
;
Freedmen History
;
Freedmen Social conditions
;
Slaves Emancipation
;
Slavery History
;
Freedmen History
;
Rome
;
Freedmen Social conditions
;
Rome
;
Rome Civilization
;
Slavery History
;
Rome
;
Slaves Emancipation
;
Rome
;
Slavery
;
Slaves ; Emancipation
;
Freigelassener
;
Freedmen
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Slavery
;
Freedmen ; Social conditions
;
History
;
Civilization
;
Rome Civilization
;
Rome (Empire)
;
Rome Civilization
;
Rome (Empire)
;
Römisches Reich
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the pe
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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