Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.
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Throughout this book one is continuously conscious of the richness of the material and the difficulties the author must have encountered in trying to keep her work within manageable proportions. This she has accomplished in masterly fashion, giving us enough of each topic to prevent her treatment ever being described as summary, and yet making us aware of unresolved questions and filled with the desire to know the answers... This is most certainly a book which will inspire further research, perhaps in the form of more detailed studies of burial rights in individual provinces and their development from earlier native customs which were neither Greek nor Etruscan.
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The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback
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I find ancient history absolutely enthralling and this book does not fall short of my expectations. I first became acquainted with this book while writing a term paper for a religion course in college. The paper focused on comparisons of funerary rituals throughout the ancient world. It is an excellent text which offers different perspectives on ancient Roman funerary practices and belief systems.
Toynbee does a wonderful job at creating a comprehensive and accessible read on the Roman beliefs on death and the afterlife. Some of the topics discussed include Roman beliefs about the afterlife and cremation, funerary rites and the cult of the dead, construction and layout of cemetaries and tombs, and funerary architecture. It is absolutely fascinating. The book also contains an extensive amount of illustrations and chapter notes, as well as many, many, many footnotes. More work is needed by anthropologists, sociologists and archaeologists in order to shed more light on these vast topics, but this book is a step in the right direction. I highly recommend it.
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AMONG ALL THE SPHERES of social and religious life in which Rome was deeply and permanently indebted to Etruria, that of burial customs may justly claim pride of place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
angle pilasters, inscription die, common frontage, lead sarcophagi, loculi cut, four loculi, funerary couch, funerary garden, flat pilasters, lateral features, funerary altars, semicircular niches, inscription panel, low podium, northern row, afterlife ideas, floral scrolls, lowest storey, sepulchral chamber, funerary meals, funerary chamber, projecting cornice, corner pilasters, arched niche, rectangular recess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Isola Sacra, Via Appia, Julius Aurelius, Via Latina, Street of the Tombs, Aurelian Wall, Campus Martius, Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, British Museum, Elder Drusus, Museo Nazionale Romano, San Sebastiano, Tomb of the Haterii, Via Caelimontana, Caecilia Metella, Porta Maggiore, Raising of Lazarus, Rape of Ganymede, Valeria Trophime, Via Labicana, Via Severiana, Aurelius Felicissimus, Blessed Isles, First Tomb of the Caetennii New!
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AMONG ALL THE SPHERES of social and religious life in which Rome was deeply and permanently indebted to Etruria, that of burial customs may justly claim pride of place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
angle pilasters, inscription die, common frontage, lead sarcophagi, loculi cut, four loculi, funerary couch, funerary garden, flat pilasters, lateral features, funerary altars, semicircular niches, inscription panel, low podium, northern row, afterlife ideas, floral scrolls, lowest storey, sepulchral chamber, funerary meals, funerary chamber, projecting cornice, corner pilasters, arched niche, rectangular recess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Isola Sacra, Via Appia, Julius Aurelius, Via Latina, Street of the Tombs, Aurelian Wall, Campus Martius, Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, British Museum, Elder Drusus, Museo Nazionale Romano, San Sebastiano, Tomb of the Haterii, Via Caelimontana, Caecilia Metella, Porta Maggiore, Raising of Lazarus, Rape of Ganymede, Valeria Trophime, Via Labicana, Via Severiana, Aurelius Felicissimus, Blessed Isles, First Tomb of the Caetennii New!
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- Roman Ostia (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Russell Meiggs in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- LUX PERPETUA (Greek & Roman Philosophy) by Cumont in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome by Ernest Nash in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae (5 Volume Set) by Hermann Dessau in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Etruscan Cities & Rome by Professor H. H. Scullard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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