Death and Renewal : Sociological Studies in Roman History
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521271177
ISBN-13
9780521271172
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 1985
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
Ksh 7,950.00
Manufactured on Demand
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
This is a volume of studies concerned with death and its impact on the social order. The first topic considered is gladiatorial combat; not merely popular entertainment, it was also an important element in Roman politics.
This is a volume of studies concerned with death and its impact on the social order. The first topic considered is gladiatorial combat; not merely popular entertainment, it was also an important element in Roman politics. The book then investigates the composition of the political elite in the late Republic and Principate (249 BC – AD 235), showing that ideals of hereditary succession disguised high rates of social mobility. The final chapter ranges over aristocratic death rituals and tombs, funerals and ghost stories, to the search for immortality and the power of the Roman dead in distributing property by written wills.
Get Death and Renewal by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Cambridge University Press and it has pages.
