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Author:   Ray Laurence (Macquarie University, Australia) ,  Francesco Trifilò
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9781138288751

ISBN 10:   1138288756
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   27 April 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Commemoration of Age-at-Death; PART I Age-at-Death in Epitaphs – Issues and Possibilities; 2. 'Demography' and the Measurement of Time in Epitaphs; 3. Understanding the Use of Chronological Age: From the Life Course to Timescapes; 4. Inscribing Age-at-Death as a Cultural Practice; 5. Birthdays, Numbers and Centenarians; PART II Age and Society; 6. Towards a Geography of Age and Gender in the Western Mediterranean; 7. The Family, Age and the Commemoration of the Dead; 8. Freed Slaves across the Mediterranean: Commemorating the Dead; 9. Cities and Soldiers: The Use of Age in the Cemeteries of Roman Africa; PART III Mediterranean Timescapes; 10. The Roman Armed Forces as an Epigraphic Institution; 11. Age and Culture in Numidia: Establishing Localized Timescapes; 12. Explaining Variation in the Use of Chronological Age across the Western Mediterranean; 13. Timescapes of Life and Death in the Western Mediterranean; 14. Afterword – the Archaeology of Latin Epitaphs in the Western Mediterranean

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""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

"""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"

Author Information

Ray Laurence is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University (Australia). Prior to this, he was Professor of Roman History and Archaeology at the University of Kent (UK), which came after time at the Universities of Birmingham and Reading. His numerous books focus on ageing, Roman urbanism and Roman roads. He is the editor of the Routledge series Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism. Francesco Trifilò gained his PhD in Ancient History and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London, (UK) before becoming a postdoctoral research fellow first at the University of Birmingham and then at the University of Kent. Subsequently, he pivoted into a career in financial services.

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