Free at last! : the impact of freed slaves on the Roman Empire / edited by Sinclair Bell and Teresa Ramsby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Sinclair.

Ramsby, Teresa.

Series:

Classical Studies & Archaeology 2013.

Classical Studies & Archaeology 2013

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freed persons--Rome--History.

Freed persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Rome.

Enslaved persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 212 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2012.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the period between the first century BC and the early third century AD and survey the territories of the Roman Republic and Empire, while focusing on Italy and Rome."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1 The Face of the Social Climber: Roman Freedmen and Elite Ideology / Barbara E. Borg Borg, Barbara E. 25

2 Locating the Grapevine in the Late Eepublic: Freedmen and Communication / Pauline Ripat Ripat, Pauline 50

3 'Reading' the Freed Slave in the Cena Trimalchionis / Teresa Ramsby Ramsby, Teresa 66

4 The Freedman Economy of Roman Italy / Koenraad Verboven Verboven, Koenraad 88

5 Deciphering Freedwomen in the Roman Empire / Marc Kleijwegt Kleijwegt, Marc 110

6 Feasting the Dead Together: Household Burials and the Social Strategies of Slaves and Freed Persons in the Early Principate / Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho Galvao-Sobrinho, Carlos R. 130

7 'Saintly Souls': White Teachers' Advocacy and Instruction of Greek and Latin to African American Freedmen / Michele Valerie Ronnick Ronnick, Michele Valerie 177

8 Response Essay: What has Pliny to Say? / Eleanor Winsor Leach Leach, Eleanor Winsor 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781472555687

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.