Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome

Columbarium tombs are among the most recognizable forms of Roman architecture and also among the most enigmatic. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome is the first book-length treatment of the columbarium tomb, a prominent but neglected type of collective burial monument in Imperial Rome.

List of contents

1. Studying columbaria as a historical phenomenon; 2. Tradition and innovation in the architectural design of columbaria; 3. Making and breaking the rules: the use and evolution of columbaria; 4. Reading between the lines: the vocabulary of columbarium epitaphs; 5. Finding niches in society: the occupants.

About the author

Dorian Borbonus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He studied classical archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Ph.D. in the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world. His research centers on the topography of Rome, on the development of Roman funerary culture, and on outsiders in Roman society. He is a contributing author of the mapping project Mapping Augustan Rome (JRA Supplement 50) and has published on the methodology of slavery studies and the social history of Roman freedmen.

Summary

Columbarium tombs are among the most recognizable forms of Roman architecture and also among the most enigmatic. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome is the first book-length treatment of the columbarium tomb, a prominent but neglected type of collective burial monument in Imperial Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Dorian Borbonus, Dorian (University of Dayton Borbonus, Borbonus Dorian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108436021
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43602-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology