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Written Space in the Latin West, 200 BC to AD 300 (Paperback)
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Written Space in the Latin West, 200 BC to AD 300 (Paperback)
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This volume explores the creation of 'written spaces' through the
accretion of monumental inscriptions and non-official graffiti in
the Latin-speaking West between c.200 BC and AD 300. The shift to
an epigraphic culture demonstrates new mentalities regarding the
use of language, the relationship between local elites and the
population, and between local elites and the imperial power. The
creation of both official and non-official inscriptions is one of
the most recognisable facets of the Roman city. The chapters of
this book consider why urban populations created these written
spaces and how these spaces in turn affected those urban
civilisations. They also examine how these inscriptions interacted
to create written spaces that could inculcate a sense of
'Roman-ness' into urban populations whilst also acting as a means
of differentiating communities from each other. The volume includes
new approaches to the study of political entities, social
institutions, graffiti and painting, and the differing trajectories
of written spaces in the cities of Roman Africa, Italy, Spain and
Gaul.
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