Mediterranean Timescapes

Name: Mediterranean Timescapes
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Chronological Age and Cultural Practice in the Roman Empire

By: Ray Laurence, Francesco Trifilò

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Hardcover | 27 April 2023 | Edition Number 1

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304 Pages

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23.4 x 15.6 x 2.0

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This book, built around the study of the representation of age and identity in 23,000 Latin funerary epitaphs from the Western Mediterranean in the Roman era, sets out how the use of age in inscriptions, and in turn, time, varied across this region.

Discrepancies between the use of time to represent identity in death allow readers to begin to understand the differences between the cultures of Roman Italy and contemporary societies in North Africa, Spain and southern Gaul. The analysis focuses on the timescapes of cemeteries, a key urban phenomenon, in relation to other markers of time, including the Roman invention of the birthday, the revering of the dead at the Parentalia and the topoi of life's stages. In doing so, the book contributes to our understanding of gender, the city, the family, the role of the military, freed slaves and cultural changes during this period. The concept of the timescape is seen to have varied geographically across the Mediterranean, bringing into question claims of cultural unity for the Western Mediterranean as a region.

Mediterranean Timescapes is of interest to students and scholars of Roman history and archaeology, particularly that of the Western Mediterranean, and ancient social history.

Industry Reviews

"Mediterranean Timescapes is decidedly a book targeting academics, and that audience will find many virtues in this work. The work engages with the existing scholarship and brings together subdisciplines within the field of classical studies with care and consideration...[it] is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the literature with the potential to inspire considerable work in the future." - Eleanor M. Vannan, Rhea Classical Review

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