The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy (Oxford Handbooks)

"Inscriptions are for anyone interested in the Roman world and Roman culture, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on the Roman world from c. 500 BCE to 500 CE and beyond. The goal of The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy is to show why inscriptions matter and to demonstrate to classicists and ancient historians, their graduate students, and advanced undergraduates, how to work with epigraphic sources"-- Provided by publisher Cover The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy Copyright Contents Preface List of Figures, Maps, and Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations PART I Roman Epigraphy: Epigraphic Methods and History of the Discipline 1. The Epigrapher at Work 2. Epigraphic Research from Its Inception: The Contribution of Manuscripts 3. Forgeries and Fakes 4. The Major Corpora and Epigraphic Publications 5. Epigraphy and Digital Resources PART II Inscriptions in the Roman World 6. Latin Epigraphy: The Main Types of Inscriptions 7. Inscribing Roman Texts: Officinae, Layout, and Carving Techniques 8. The “Epigraphic Habit” in the Roman World 9. The Roman Republic 10. The Roman Emperor and the Imperial Family 11. Senators and Equites: Prosopography 12. Local Elites in Italy and the Western Provinces 13. Local Elites in the Greek East 14. Roman Government and Administration 15. The Roman State: Laws, Lawmaking, and Legal Documents 16. The Roman Army 17. Inscriptions and the Narrative of Roman History 18. Late Antiquity PART III The Value of Inscriptions for Reconstructing the Roman World Inscriptions and Religion in the Roman Empire 19. Religion in Rome and Italy 20. Religion in the Roman Provinces 21. The Rise of Christianity Inscriptions and Roman Social and Economic Life 22. The City of Rome 23. Social Life in Town and Country 24. Urban Infrastructure and Euergetism outside the City of Rome 25. Spectacle in Rome, Italy, and the Provinces 26. Roman Family History 27. Women in the Roman World 28. Slaves and Freed Slaves 29. Death and Burial 30. Communications and Mobility in the Roman Empire 31. Economic Life in the Roman Empire Inscriptions and Roman Cultural Life 32. Local Languages in Italy and the West 33. Linguistic Variation, Language Change, and Latin Inscriptions 34. Inscriptions and Literacy 35. Carmina Latina Epigraphica Appendix I Epigraphic Conventions: The “Leiden System” Appendix II Epigraphic Abbreviations Appendix III Roman Onomastics Appendix IV Roman Kinship Terms Appendix V Roman Voting Tribes Appendix VI Roman Numbers Appendix VII List of Digital Resources Illustration Credits Index Of Source General Index Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on the Roman world from c. 500 BCE to 500 CE and beyond. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy is the fullest collection of scholarship on the study and history of Latin epigraphy produced to date. Rather that just a collection of inscriptions, however, this volume seeks to show why inscriptions matter and demonstrate to classicists and ancient historians how to work with the sources. To that end, the 35 chapters, written by senior and rising scholars in Roman history, classics, and epigraphy, cover everything from typograph to the importance of inscriptions for understanding many aspects of Roman culture, from Roman public life, to slavery, to the roles and lives of women, to the military, and to life in the provinces. Students and scholars alike will find the Handbook a crritical tool for expanding their knowledge of the Roman world.