Death and Renewal: Volume 2 - Sociological Studies in Roman History (Paperback, Revised)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1985
First published:	1985
Authors:	Keith Hopkins
Dimensions:	229 x 150 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-27117-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-521-27117-7
Barcode:	9780521271172

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