Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture / Michele George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Michele, author.

Contributor:

George, Michele, editor.

Series:

Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 52.

Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Rome--History--Sources.

Slavery.

Romans--Material culture--Sources.

Romans.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Replete now with its own scholarly traditions and controversies, Roman slavery as a field of study is no longer limited to the economic sphere, but is recognized as a fundamental social institution with multiple implications for Roman society and culture. The essays in this collection explore how material culture - namely, art, architecture, and inscriptions - can illustrate Roman attitudes towards the institution of slavery and towards slaves themselves in ways that significantly augment conventional textual accounts.Providing the first interdisciplinary approach to the study of Roman slavery, the volume brings together diverse specialists in history, art history, and archaeology. The contributors engage with questions concerning the slave trade, manumission, slave education, containment and movement, and the use of slaves in the Roman army.

Contents:

1 Greek or Latin? The owner's choice of names for vernae in Rome / Christer Bruun

2 Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite: A Study of the Columbaria of the Volusii and the Statilii / Henrik Mouritsen

3 Reading the 'Pages' of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium / Peter Keegan

4 Geographies of Slave Containment and Movement / Sandra R. Joshel

5 Working Models: Functional Art and Roman Conceptions of Slavery / Noel Lenski

6 Cupid Punished: Reflections on a Roman Genre Scene / Michele George

7 Slaves and Liberti in the Roman Army / Natalie Boymel Kampen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-224) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Dez 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6100-3

1-4426-6099-6

OCLC:

841909766