Epigraphic Evidence is an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history. It introduces the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and the methods with which they can be used. It outlines the limitations as well as the advantages of the different types of evidence covered. Epigraphic Evidence includes a general introduction, a guide to the arrangement of the standard corpora inscriptions and individual chapters on local languages and native cultures, epitaphs and the ancient economy amongst others.
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'...essential. The beginner will gain a quick introduction, and the specialist will profit measurably... The world of Greek and Latin epigraphy gains much with the publication of this book.' - Michael Peachin, THES
'The book is a useful introduction to many of the problems that the historian must be aware of when dealing with epigraphic evidence.' - Classical Review
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John Bodel is professor of Classics at Rutgers University and Director of the US Epigraphy project.
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Few ancient historians nowadays would agree with Sir John Edwin Sandys that the relationship between epigraphy and history is one of undue encroachment of the former upon the latter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epigraphic corpora, epigraphic culture, instrumentum domesticum, leges sacrae, epigraphic habit, full nomenclature, military diplomas, honorific inscriptions, first fascicle, epigraphical sources, inscribed writing, prosopographical studies, curse tablets, inscriptions grecques, terra sigillata, funerary inscriptions, public inscriptions, inscribed texts, epigraphic evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Africa, Asia Minor, Annia Saturnina, Cornelius Nigrinus, Junian Latins, Paul Getty Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Near East, Duncan Jones, Herennius Epaphroditus, Marcus Aurelius, Museum of Roman Civilization, Paquius Scaeva, Pliny the Younger, Tullius Cicero, Via Appia New!
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Few ancient historians nowadays would agree with Sir John Edwin Sandys that the relationship between epigraphy and history is one of undue encroachment of the former upon the latter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epigraphic corpora, epigraphic culture, instrumentum domesticum, leges sacrae, epigraphic habit, full nomenclature, military diplomas, honorific inscriptions, first fascicle, epigraphical sources, inscribed writing, prosopographical studies, curse tablets, inscriptions grecques, terra sigillata, funerary inscriptions, public inscriptions, inscribed texts, epigraphic evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Africa, Asia Minor, Annia Saturnina, Cornelius Nigrinus, Junian Latins, Paul Getty Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Near East, Duncan Jones, Herennius Epaphroditus, Marcus Aurelius, Museum of Roman Civilization, Paquius Scaeva, Pliny the Younger, Tullius Cicero, Via Appia New!
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- Latin Epigraphy by John Edwin Sandys on page 1, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Roman Family in Italy: Status, Sentiment, Space (OUP/Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National Un) by Beryl Rawson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae (5 Volume Set) by Hermann Dessau in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Roman Statutes (Bulletin Supplement) by Michael Crawford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395 by A. H. M. Jones in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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