Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture / / Michele George.

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 ma...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2012
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 52
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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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