Barbara E. Borg (University of Exeter)

Broschiertes Buch

Roman Tombs and the Art of Commemoration

Beschreibung

Employs the full range of material and written evidence to explore four key questions around Roman funerary customs that alter our view of the society and its values: senators' tombs, the change from incineration to inhumation, tombs showcasing family longevity, and the deceased's association with the divine and apotheosis.

Autor

Barbara E. Borg is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on Greek and Roman art, archaeology and history, and her monographs include Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome (2013). She is editor of Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic (2004) and A Companion to Roman Art (2015).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781108460354
• ISBN-10: 1108460356
• Artikelnr.: 63461483