ISBN:
9781441113658
,
1441113657
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (239 pages, [16] pages of plates)
,
illustrations.
Parallel Title:
Print version Hope, Valerie M., 1968- Roman death
DDC:
306.90937
Keywords:
Funeral rites and ceremonies Rome
;
Death Social aspects
;
Rome
;
Bereavement Social aspects
;
Rome
;
Burial Rome
;
Epitaphs Rome
;
Sepulchral monuments Rome
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Death Social aspects
;
Bereavement Social aspects
;
Burial
;
Epitaphs
;
Sepulchral monuments
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Death Social aspects
;
Bereavement Social aspects
;
Burial
;
Epitaphs
;
Sepulchral monuments
;
Thanatology
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Roman World history
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Attitude to Death
;
Funeral Rites history
;
History, Ancient
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Bereavement ; Social aspects
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Burial
;
Death ; Social aspects
;
Epitaphs
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Sepulchral monuments
;
Rome Religious life and customs
;
Rome Religious life and customs
;
Rome Religious life and customs
;
Rome
;
Rome (Empire)
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
You traveller, who make your way along the path, stop I ask - I beg you not to ignore my epitaph. 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Roman Era -- Rome and Empire -- Society and Sources -- Life and Death -- Investigating Roman Death -- 1. Facing Mortality -- Philosophy of Death -- Facing the Inevitable -- Memento Mori -- Last Will and Testament -- Wills, Monuments and Memory -- Preserving Reputation and Identity -- Remembering this Life -- 2. Death Scenes -- Life Expectancy -- Causes of Death -- Deathbed -- Dying Well -- Suicide -- Bad Deaths -- 3. Funerals and Feasts -- Expenses and Undertakers -- Preparing the Body -- Funeral Procession -- Funeral Speeches -- Disposal of the Body -- Feasts -- Funerals as Spectacles -- 4. Heaven and Hell -- Presence of the Dead -- Underworld -- Celestial Kingdoms -- Belief and Disbelief -- Ghost and Spirits -- 5. Mourning the Dead -- Rules for Mourning -- Ideals for Mourning -- Consolation and Philosophy -- Loss of a Child -- Widows and Widowers -- Literature of Grief -- 6. Commemorating and Remembering the Dead -- Cemetery Location and Organization -- Monuments -- Epitaphs -- Preserving Tomb and Memory -- Honour and Dishonour -- Epilogue: From the Deathbed to the Afterlife -- App. 1. Roman Emperors -- App. 2. Guide to Monetary Values -- App. 3. Glossary of some Funerary Terms.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index. - Print version record
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