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Author:
Carroll, Maureen. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001005599
Title:
Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / Maureen Carroll.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xx, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sepulchral monuments--Rome.
Epitaphs--Rome.
Europe, Western--Antiquities, Roman.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Rome--Social life and customs.
Rome--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-321) and index.
Contents:
Memory and commemoration -- Anonymity, violation, and memory loss -- Selecting a monument -- Conveying a message --Causes of death -- Family and household -- Mapping population movement -- Social mobility and social change -- Death on earth, life in heaven.
Series:
Oxford studies in ancient documents
ISBN:
9780199291076
0199291071
OCLC:
(OCoLC)70131152
LCCN:
2006019813
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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