Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy / Clare Rowan, University of Warwick

"This is a unique and accessible introduction to an underutilised source, Roman tokens, with a focus on those found in Imperial Italy. It explains how tokens can illuminate all kinds of issues such as identity, entertainment, euergetism, imperial ideology, festivals, material culture and everyd...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 247 Seiten); Illustrationen
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Table of Contents:
  • Tokens and the imperial family
  • Creating identities in Rome, Ostia and Italy
  • Cult, Euergetism and the imagery of festivals
  • Tokens, finds, and small-scale economies
  • Conclusion : tokens and the history of Roman imperial Italy