Death and Burial in the Roman World

Informationen zum Autor J. M. C. Toynbee was Lawrence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University and an honorary Fellow of Newnham College. Before her death in 1985, she served as a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Numismatic Society, and as a member of the faculty of the British School in Rome. She authored numerous articles and books, including Art in Roman Britain, The Art of the Romans, Roman Historical Portraits, and Roman Life and Art in Britain . Klappentext Zusammenfassung Toynbee includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries! the tomb types of both the rich and poor! and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.

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• Authors: J M C Toynbee, J. M. C. Toynbee, J.M.C. Toynbee
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.1996
• EAN: 9780801855078
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5507-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Ancient, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Religious buildings, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Architecture: religious buildings, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Ancient Roman style