... the contributors to <i>Free at Last!</i> all ask interesting and important questions for the study of the role of freed slaves in the Roman Empire.'

- Ulrike Roth, University of Edinburgh, UK, Hermathena

How did freed slaves reinvent themselves after the shackles of slavery had been lifted? How were they reintegrated into society, and what was their social position and status? What contributions did they make to the society that had once - sometimes brutally - repressed them? This collection builds on recent dynamic work on Roman freedmen, the contributors drawing upon a rich and varied body of evidence - visual, literary, epigraphic and archaeological - to elucidate the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture amid the shadow of their former servitude. The contributions span the period between the first century BC and the early third century AD and survey the territories of the Roman Republic and Empire, while focusing on Italy and Rome.
Les mer
A collection of essays on Roman freedmen in the Roman Republic and Empire.

Introduction
Teresa Ramsby, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA

Locating the Grapevine in the Late Republic: Freedom and Communication
Pauline Ripat, University of Winnipeg, Canada

The Face of the Social Climber: Roman Freedmen and Elite Ideology
Babara Borg, University of Exeter, UK

The Freedman Economy of Roman Italy
Koenraad Verboven, University of Ghent, Belgium ?

Deciphering Freedwomen in the Roman Empire
Marc Kleijwegt, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Feasting the Dead Together: Household Burials and the Social Strategies of Slaves and Freed Persons in the Early Principate
Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

'Reading' the Freed Slave in the Cena Trimalchionis
Teresa Ramsby, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA

Between Fame and Infamia: The Image and Influence of Roman Charioteers
Sinclair Bell, Northern Illinois University, USA

'Saintly Souls:' White Teachers' Instruction of Greek and Latin to African American Freedmen
Michele Ronnick, Wayne State University, USA

Response
Eleanor W. Leach, Indiana University, USA

Index

Les mer
Building on recent dynamic visual, literary and archaeological work on Roman freedmen, this book examines the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture.
An important collection of essays on a much debated area of Roman society and culture

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472504494
Publisert
2013-11-07
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Biografisk notat

Sinclair Bell is Assistant Professor of Art History, Northern Illinois University, USA.
Teresa R. Ramsby is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.