ISBN:
9780511552663
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 276 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Sociological studies in Roman history volume 2
Series Statement:
Sociological studies in Roman history
Parallel Title:
Elektronische Reproduktion Hopkins, Keith, 1934-2004 Death and renewal
DDC:
306.9/0937
Keywords:
Geschichte 249 v. Chr.-300
;
Politik
;
Heads of state / Succession / Rome
;
Elite (Social sciences) / Rome
;
Gladiators
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Funeral rites and ceremonies / Rome
;
Mourning customs / Rome
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Sozialgeschichte
;
Brauch
;
Gladiator
;
Senatorenstand
;
Politiker
;
Totenkult
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Nachfolge
;
Tod
;
Rom
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Rome / Politics and government / 265-30 B.C.
;
Rome / Politics and government / 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
;
Römisches Reich
;
Römisches Reich
;
Nachfolge
;
Politiker
;
Geschichte 249 v. Chr.-300
;
Römisches Reich
;
Tod
;
Brauch
;
Gladiator
;
Römisches Reich
;
Totenkult
;
Römisches Reich
;
Senatorenstand
;
Römisches Reich
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Römisches Reich
;
Sozialgeschichte
Abstract:
This is a volume of studies concerned with death and its impact on the social order. The first topic considered is gladiatorial combat; not merely popular entertainment, it was also an important element in Roman politics. The book then investigates the composition of the political elite in the late Republic and Principate (249 BC – AD 235), showing that ideals of hereditary succession disguised high rates of social mobility. The final chapter ranges over aristocratic death rituals and tombs, funerals and ghost stories, to the search for immortality and the power of the Roman dead in distributing property by written wills
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511552663
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