Understanding Roman Inscriptions

Name: Understanding Roman Inscriptions
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ISBN: 9780801843525

ISBN-10: 0801843529

ISBN-13: 9780801843525

Edition: 1991

Authors: Lawrence Keppie

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In this classic study of the Late Roman Empire, one of this century's most eminent ancient historians surveys social, economic, and administrative developments from the end of the Principate and the accession of Diocletian to the collapse of the empire in the West.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 12/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements



Introduction



The stonecutter and his craft



Reading Roman inscriptions



Dating Roman inscriptions



The survival of Roman inscriptions



Recording and publication



The emperor



Local government and society



The roads that led to Rome



Administration of an empire



The army and the frontiers



Temples and altars to the gods



Gravestones and tomb monuments



Trade, economy and the business world



Populusque Romanus



Christianity



The Later Roman Empire



Conclusion: the value of Roman inscriptions


1: Emperors and dates


2: Common abbreviations


3: Roman voting-tribes


4: Contents of CIL volumes


5: Epigraphic conventions


Footnotes


Bibliography


Index