Understanding Roman inscriptions /
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| Author / Creator: | Keppie, L. J. F. |
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11118965 |
| Summary: | Lawrence Keppie's book offers the non-specialist a comprehensive and enjoyable guide to undestanding the texts of Roman inscriptions, as well as explaining the numerous different contexts in which they were produced.<br> Every area of Roman life is covered, including:<br> * the emperor<br> * temples and altars to the gods<br> * imperial administration<br> * gravestones and tomb monuments<br> * local government and society<br> * the army and the frontiers<br> * Christianity<br> * trade, commerce and the economy<br> * the later Roman Empire.<br> For each inscription cited, the book provides the original Latin, an English translation and a commentary on the piece's significance. Illustrated with more than 80 photos and drawings, this is the ideal introduction to the most important source for the history and organisation of the Roman Empire. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-153) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203084675 9780203084670 9780203707357 0203707354 9781134746125 1134746121 9781134746163 1134746164 9781134746170 1134746172 9781138142923 1138142921 9780415151436 0415151430 9786610539277 6610539278 1280539275 9781280539275 0801843227 9780801843228 0801843529 9780801843525 |