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Author:

Toynbee, J. M. C. (Jocelyn M. C.), d. 1985.

Title:

Death and burial in the Roman World / J.M.C. Toynbee.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperback ed.

Publisher:

John Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

336 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Tombs--Rome.
Rome--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Originally published simultaneously: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press ; London : Thames & Hudson, c1971. (Aspects of Greek and Roman life). Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-320) and index.

Contents:

Etruscan antecedents -- Roman beliefs about he afterlife, cremation and inhumation -- Funerary rites and the cult of the dead -- The layout of cemeteries and ownership of tombs, walled cemeteries, funerary gardens -- Selected types of tombs -- Gravestones and tomb furniture.

ISBN:

9780801855078
0801855071

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35049546

LCCN:

96009618

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)