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• catalog abstract "Some 300,000 inscriptions are known to survive from the Roman world. More than a thousand new ones are discovered each year. Such inscriptions can confirm or amplify our knowledge of great events portrayed in literary sources. They also provide a direct link to the lives and occupations of a vast number of ordinary people who have no place in the pages of the historians and whose existence is otherwise unrecorded. In Understanding Roman Inscriptions, Lawrence Keppie introduces the nonspecialist reader to the subject of inscriptions. He gives an account of context and history of inscriptions and explains their significance as a resource for anyone interested in the world of the Romans. For each inscription cited, Keppie provides the original Latin, an English translation and commentary on the inscription's significance in the everyday life of the Romans. Illustrated with eighty-five photographs, Understanding Roman Inscriptions provides a fascinating introduction to the most important source for the history and organization of the Roman Empire.".
• catalog contributor b3651882.
• catalog created "1991.".
• catalog date "1991".
• catalog date "1991.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. The stonecutter and his craft -- 3. Reading Roman inscriptions -- 4. Dating Roman inscriptions -- 5. The survival of Roman inscriptions -- 6. Recording and publication -- 7. The emperor -- 8. Local government and society -- 9. The roads that led to Rome -- 10. Administration of an empire -- 11. The army and the frontiers -- 12. Temples and altars to the gods -- 13. Gravestones and tomb monuments -- 14. Trade, economy and the business world -- 15. Populusque Romanus -- 16. Christianity -- 17. The Later Roman Empire -- 18. Conclusion: the value of Roman inscriptions -- 1: Emperors and dates -- 2: Common abbreviations -- 3: Roman voting-tribes -- 4: Contents of CIL volumes -- 5: Epigraphic conventions.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-153) and index.".
• catalog description "Some 300,000 inscriptions are known to survive from the Roman world. More than a thousand new ones are discovered each year. Such inscriptions can confirm or amplify our knowledge of great events portrayed in literary sources. They also provide a direct link to the lives and occupations of a vast number of ordinary people who have no place in the pages of the historians and whose existence is otherwise unrecorded. In Understanding Roman Inscriptions, Lawrence Keppie introduces the nonspecialist reader to the subject of inscriptions. He gives an account of context and history of inscriptions and explains their significance as a resource for anyone interested in the world of the Romans. For each inscription cited, Keppie provides the original Latin, an English translation and commentary on the inscription's significance in the everyday life of the Romans. Illustrated with eighty-five photographs, Understanding Roman Inscriptions provides a fascinating introduction to the most important source for the history and organization of the Roman Empire.".
• catalog extent "158 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Understanding Roman inscriptions.".
• catalog identifier "0801843227".
• catalog isFormatOf "Understanding Roman inscriptions.".
• catalog issued "1991".
• catalog issued "1991.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Understanding Roman inscriptions.".
• catalog subject "980 20".
• catalog subject "CN510 .K46 1991".
• catalog subject "Inscriptions, Latin.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. The stonecutter and his craft -- 3. Reading Roman inscriptions -- 4. Dating Roman inscriptions -- 5. The survival of Roman inscriptions -- 6. Recording and publication -- 7. The emperor -- 8. Local government and society -- 9. The roads that led to Rome -- 10. Administration of an empire -- 11. The army and the frontiers -- 12. Temples and altars to the gods -- 13. Gravestones and tomb monuments -- 14. Trade, economy and the business world -- 15. Populusque Romanus -- 16. Christianity -- 17. The Later Roman Empire -- 18. Conclusion: the value of Roman inscriptions -- 1: Emperors and dates -- 2: Common abbreviations -- 3: Roman voting-tribes -- 4: Contents of CIL volumes -- 5: Epigraphic conventions.".
• catalog title "Understanding Roman inscriptions / Lawrence Keppie.".
• catalog type "text".