Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture
© 2013
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.
Product Details
- Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
- World Rights
- Page Count: 304 pages
- Illustrations: 49
- Dimensions: 6.4in x 1.1in x 9.3in
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Reviews
‘This is an engaging book. The case studies are valuable in their own right, and the best are models for emulation.’
K.R. Bradley
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Author Information
Michele George is an associate professor in the Department of Classics at McMaster University. -
Table of contents
Introduction
MICHELE GEORGE1. Greek or Latin? The owner&rsquos choice of names for vernae in Rome
CHRISTER BRUUN2. Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite: A Study of the Columbaria of the Volusii and the Statilii
HENRIK MOURITSEN3. Reading the &lsquoPages&rsquo of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium
PETER KEEGAN4. Geographies of Slave Containment and Movement
SANDRA R. JOSHEL5. Working Models: Functional Art and Roman Conceptions of Slavery
NOEL LENSKI6. Cupid Punished: Reflections on a Roman Genre Scene
MICHELE GEORGE7. Slaves and Liberti in the Roman Army
NATALIE BOYMEL KAMPENReferences
List of Contributors
Inscriptions
Index Locorum General Index
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Illustrations follow
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