Understanding Roman inscriptions /

Understanding Roman inscriptions /

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Author / Creator:Keppie, L. J. F.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Description:1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Inscriptions, Latin.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11118965
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ISBN:0203084675
9780203084670
9780203707357
0203707354
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-153) and index.
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Summary:This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced.
Other form:Print version: Keppie, L.J.F. Understanding Roman inscriptions. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991 0801843227
Standard no.:10.4324/9780203084670
9786610539277
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The stonecutter and his craft
  • Reading Roman inscriptions
  • Dating Roman inscriptions
  • The survival of Roman inscriptions
  • Recording and publication
  • The emperor
  • Local government and society
  • The roads that led to Rome
  • Administration of an empire
  • The army and the frontiers
  • Temples and altars to the gods
  • Gravestones and tomb monuments
  • Trade, economy and the business world
  • Populusque Romanus
  • Christianity
  • The Later Roman Empire
  • Conclusion : the value of Roman inscriptions
  • Emperors and dates.

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