Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture - Social Integration and the Transformation of Values

Argues that freed slaves exerted a profound influence on the transformation of Roman values under the Principate.

List of contents

1. Freed slaves and the Roman elite; 2. Achieving immortality under the Principate; 3. Cultural exchange in Roman society; 4. Imperial freedmen and imperial power; 5. Telling life stories; Conclusion.

About the author

Rose MacLean is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Product details

• Authors: Rose MacLean, Rose (University of California MacLean, MACLEAN ROSE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781107142923
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14292-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Social & cultural history, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Slavery & abolition of slavery, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery