Understanding Roman Inscriptions

by Lawrence Keppie

• ISBN13: 9780801843228
• ISBN10: 0801843227
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-09-11
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

"This book should find its niche as a valuable supplement to courses and institutes on Roman history and civilization and general courses in archaeology."-- New England Classical Newsletter and Journal.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. 6
Acknowledgements	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
The stonecutter and his craft	p. 12
Reading Roman inscriptions	p. 17
Dating Roman inscriptions	p. 25
The survival of Roman inscriptions	p. 30
Recording and publication	p. 36
The emperor	p. 42
Local government and society	p. 52
The roads that led to Rome	p. 60
Administration of an empire	p. 70
The army and the frontiers	p. 80
Temples and altars to the gods	p. 91
Gravestones and tomb monuments	p. 98
Trade, economy and the business world	p. 110
Populusque Romanus	p. 116
Christianity	p. 119
The Later Roman Empire	p. 125
Conclusion: the value of Roman inscriptions	p. 131
1: Emperors and dates	p. 136
2: Common abbreviations	p. 138
3: Roman voting-tribes	p. 140
4: Contents of CIL volumes	p. 140
5: Epigraphic conventions	p. 140
Footnotes	p. 141
Bibliography	p. 148
Index	p. 154
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.