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Zusatztext This splendid and accessible volume is strongly recommended to all historians of the ancient world Informationen zum Autor John Davies is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool. John Wilkes is Emeritus Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology, University College London Klappentext The largest source of new information about Graeco-Roman antiquity is from newly discovered inscriptions. Epigraphic information gained through use of new techniques and technologies is helping to reshape and extend our knowledge of the religious life, languages, populations, governmental systems, and economies of the Greek and Roman world. Zusammenfassung By far the largest single source of new information about the ancient Greek and Roman world is provided by the flow of newly discovered inscriptions, which presents both a challenge and an opportunity. In order to interpret any inscription we need to be able to apply the knowledge that we already have. On the other hand, inscriptions present the opportunity to gain new knowledge about virtually every aspect of the mix of cultures and societies which we call Graeco-Roman antiquity. This book therefore emphasises the importance of the two-way connections and contributions which link epigraphic studies with the historical sciences as a whole. Epigraphic information is helping to reshape and extend our knowledge of the religious life, the languages, the populations, the governmental systems, and the economies of the Graeco-Roman world. New techniques and technologies are helping to make epigraphically based information more accessible, whether in terms of public display or in terms of the ever-widening possibilities of information technology. The act of looking at the Graeco-Roman world through the window provided by the epigraphic record offers a distinctive gaze of unique and exceptional value. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: DENIS FEISSEL (translated by John Davies): Introduction Part 1. EPIGRAPHY AND RELIGION 2: Robert Parker: Epigraphy and Greek Religion 3: JOHN SCHEID (translated by John Davies): Epigraphy and Roman Religion Part 2. EPIGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE 4: GEORGE PETZL (translated by Stephen Mitchell): Greek Epigraphy and the Greek Language Part 3. EPIGRAPHY AND THE ANCIENT POPULATION 5: CHRISTOF SCHULER (translated by Stephen Mitchell): Inscriptions and identities of rural population groups in Roman Asia Minor 6: WALTER SCHEIDEL: Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family and death Part 4. EPIGRAPHY AND GOVERNMENT 7: JOHN MA: Epigraphy and the display of authority 8: ALISON COOLEY: From document to document: inscribing Roman official documents in the Greek East Part 5. DISPLAY AND PEDAGOGY 9: ISABEL RODÀ DE LLANZA (translated): Epigraphy and the media Part 6 EPIGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS 10: ALAIN BRESSON: Greek epigraphy and ancient economics 11: GIOVANNI SALMERI (translated by John Davies): Epigraphy and the economy of the Roman Empire Part 7 EPIGRAPHY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 12: SILVIO PANCIERA (translated by John Davies): Introduction 13: JOHN BODEL: Latin epigraphy and the IT revolution Part 8 SCHLUSSREDE 14: ANGELOS CHANIOTIS: Listening to stones. Orality and emotions in ancient inscriptions ...
