An Introduction To Wall Inscriptions From Pompeii And Herculaneum

Author : Rex Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780865165700
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum written by Rex Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains selection of inscriptions, from political manifestos to gladiatorial announcements, found in the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. These inscriptions, painted and incised on walls of public and private buildings, document aspects of daily life in the first century A.D. Inscriptions, particularly graffiti, were often written by less educated members of society, and as such provide a rare glimpse of common Latin. Grammatical and historical commentary * Abbreviations explained * Index of proper names.

Author : T. V. Evans
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199237085
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Papyri written by T. V. Evans and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by leading scholars on the linguistic significance of Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt. The Language of the Papyri charts a range of productive approaches to this material, and offers new methodologies suitable for its analysis.

Author : Alison E. Cooley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134624565
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pompeii and Herculaneum written by Alison E. Cooley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples. Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the huge range of source material uncovered in these towns. From the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, and from advertisements for gladiatorial contests to love poetry, the individual chapters explore the early history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their destruction, leisure pursuits, politics, commerce, religion, the family and society. Information about Pompeii and Herculaneum from authors based in Rome is included, but the great majority of sources come from the cities themselves, written by their ordinary inhabitants – men and women, citizens and slaves. Encorporating the latest research and finds from the two cities and enhanced with more photographs, maps, and plans, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook offers an invaluable resource for anyone studying or visiting the sites.

Author : Peter J. Aicher
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865165076
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume II written by Peter J. Aicher and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient city. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide. A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.

Author : Margaret A. Brucia
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865166331
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To be a Roman written by Margaret A. Brucia and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter in this workbook, designed for middle and high school-aged students, focuses on a particular topic. Several pages explain the topic in a lively and readable fashion and are then followed by objective exercises and suggestions for student projects and classroom discussions.

Author : Irene Berti
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110533367
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Matters written by Irene Berti and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inscriptiones Pompeianae, Or, Specimens and Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions Discovered on the Walls of Buildings at Pompeii written by Christopher Wordsworth and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Baird
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136894632
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Graffiti in Context written by Jennifer Baird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn inside and outside buildings, in public and private places, on monuments in the city, on objects used in daily life, and on mountains in the countryside. In each case they can be seen as actively engaging with their environment in a variety of ways. Ancient Graffiti in Context interrogates this cultural phenomenon and by doing so, brings it into the mainstream of ancient history and archaeology. Focusing on different approaches to and interpretations of graffiti from a variety of sites and chronological contexts, Baird and Taylor pose a series of questions not previously asked of this evidence, such as: What are graffiti, and how can we interpret them? In what ways, and with whom, do graffiti communicate? To what extent do graffiti represent or subvert the cultural values of the society in which they occur? By comparing themes across time and space, and viewing graffiti in context, this book provides a series of interpretative strategies for scholars and students of the ancient world. As such it will be essential reading for Classical archaeologists and historians alike.

Author : Virginia L. Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131761139X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tombs of Pompeii written by Virginia L. Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, delving into the importance of social class and self-representation, and developing a broad understanding of Pompeii’s funerary epigraphy and business. The Pompeian corpus of evidence has heretofore been studied in a piecemeal fashion, not conducive to assessing trends and practices. Here, a holistic approach to the funerary monuments allows for the integration of data from five different necropoleis and analysis of greater accuracy and scope. Author Virginia Campbell demonstrates that the funerary practices of Pompeii are, in some ways, unique in to the population, moving away from the traditional approach to burial based on generalizations and studies of typology. She shows that while some trends in Roman burial culture can be seen as universal, each population, time, and place constructs its own approach to commemoration and display. Including an extensive catalogue of tomb data and images never before assembled or published, this collective approach reveals new insights into ancient commemoration. The Tombs of Pompeii is the first English-language book on Pompeian funerary rituals. It’s also the first in any language to provide a complete survey of the tombs of Pompeii and the first to situate Pompeian differences within a wider Roman burial context.

Author : Sandra R. Joshel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113999140X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Material Life of Roman Slaves written by Sandra R. Joshel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Material Life of Roman Slaves is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the archaeology of Roman slavery. Rather than regarding slaves as irretrievable in archaeological remains, the book takes the archaeological record as a key form of evidence for reconstructing slaves' lives and experiences. Interweaving literature, law, and material evidence, the book searches for ways to see slaves in the various contexts - to make them visible where evidence tells us they were in fact present. Part of this project involves understanding how slaves seem irretrievable in the archaeological record and how they are often actively, if unwittingly, left out of guidebooks and scholarly literature. Individual chapters explore the dichotomy between visibility and invisibility and between appearance and disappearance in four physical and social locations - urban houses, city streets and neighborhoods, workshops, and villas.