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- catalog abstract "Never before available in paperback, J.M.C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world - from Rome to Pompeii, from Britain to Jerusalem - Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. Toynbee first examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms in which family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and the poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments, as well as tomb furnishings.".
- catalog contributor b9651896.
- catalog coverage "Rome Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Never before available in paperback, J.M.C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world - from Rome to Pompeii, from Britain to Jerusalem - Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. Toynbee first examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms in which family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and the poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments, as well as tomb furnishings.".
- catalog extent "336 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801855071".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : John Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Rome.".
- catalog subject "393/.0937 20".
- catalog subject "DG103 .T69 1996".
- catalog subject "Death.".
- catalog subject "Funeral Rites history.".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies Rome.".
- catalog subject "Mortuary Practice history.".
- catalog subject "Tombs Rome.".
- catalog title "Death and burial in the Roman world / J.M.C. Toynbee.".
- catalog type "text".