Freed persons in the Roman world : status, diversity, and representation /

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Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Description:XII, 294 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13505462
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Other authors / contributors:Bell, Sinclair, editor.
Borbonus, D. (Dorian), editor.
MacLean, Rose (Rose B.), editor.
ISBN:9781009438537
1009438530
9781009438568
1009438565
9781009438544
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-285) and index.
Summary:"Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides cases studies that test the various ways in which juridical categories and normative discourses shaped the social and cultural landscape in which freed people lived. It addresses the challenge of studying Roman freed persons on the basis of highly fragmentary sources"--
Other form:Online version: Freed persons in the roman world First edition. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 9781009438544