Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture / / Michele George.

• VerfasserIn: George, Michele,
• MitwirkendeR: Bruun, Christer,; George, Michele,; Joshel, Sandra R.,; Kampen, Natalie Boymel,; Keegan, Peter,; Lenski, Noel,; Mouritsen, Henrik,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 52
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Greek or Latin? The owner's choice of names for vernae in Rome -- 2. Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite: A Study of the Columbaria of the Volusii and the Statilii -- 3. Reading the 'Pages' of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffi ti of the Palatine Paedagogium -- 4. Geographies of Slave Containment and Movement -- 5. Working Models: Functional Art and Roman Conceptions of Slavery -- 6. Cupid Punished: Refl ections on a Roman Genre Scene -- 7. Slaves and Liberti in the Roman Army -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INSCRIPTIONS -- INDEX LOCORUM -- INDEX -- PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES