Author : Tyler Lansford
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2009-07-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0801891493
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Author : Matthew Hartnett
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1585105120
By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments, walls and tombs. The first collection of entirely authentic and un-adapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Latin, By Roman Hands unites the study of language and culture in a novel and compelling way and at a level that the Latin can be grasped and discussed by early Latin learners. Ranging from a love letter hastily scratched on a Pompeian wall to the proclamation of an emperor’s achievements formally inscribed on a monumental arch, these carefully selected texts afford fascinating glimpses into the lives and minds of the Romans, even as they illustrate and reinforce the basic elements of the Latin language. This edition, revised to work in parallel with the second edition of Susan Shelmerdine' s Introduction to Latin or any standard beginning Latin text, includes more texts and illustrations, and an additional section of inscriptions for practice and review.
Author : Lawrence Keppie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 29,4 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134746164
Lawrence Keppie's book offers the non-specialist a comprehensive and enjoyable guide to undestanding the texts of Roman inscriptions, as well as explaining the numerous different contexts in which they were produced. Every area of Roman life is covered, including: * the emperor * temples and altars to the gods * imperial administration * gravestones and tomb monuments * local government and society * the army and the frontiers * Christianity * trade, commerce and the economy * the later Roman Empire. For each inscription cited, the book provides the original Latin, an English translation and a commentary on the piece's significance. Illustrated with more than 80 photos and drawings, this is the ideal introduction to the most important source for the history and organisation of the Roman Empire.
Author : Patrick Kragelund
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9788854911154
Author : Christer Bruun
Publisher :
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0195336461
The study of inscriptions is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, or religious scholars. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy is the fullest collection of scholarship on the study and history of Latin epigraphy produced to date.
Author : Alex Mullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 113956062X
Through words and images employed both by individuals and by a range of communities across the Graeco-Roman worlds, this book explores the complexity of multilingual representations of identity. Starting with the advent of literacy in the Mediterranean, it encompasses not just the Greek and Roman empires but also the transformation of the Graeco-Roman world under Islam and within the medieval mind. By treating a range of materials, contexts, languages, and temporal and political boundaries, the contributors consider points of cross-cultural similarity and difference and the changing linguistic landscape of East and West from antiquity into the medieval period. Insights from contemporary multilingualism theory and interdisciplinary perspectives are employed throughout to exploit the material fully.
Author : Arthur E. Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 1983-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520050792
This is a much-needed textbook for students of epigraphy and an up-to-date reference work for scholars. Central to the work are its photos. Professor Gordon presents 100 Latin inscriptions arranged in chronological order and illustrated by the best available photographs. The inscriptions, which range in date from the sixth century B.C. to A.D. 525, are collated with standard texts and are accompanied by translations and full annotation. They are preceded by an original introduction dealing with important aspects of Latin epigraphy and followed by several appendices on such special topics as Roman numerals. The photographs of these inscriptions reveal the close relationship between Latin inscriptions and our present-day type fonts by way of the humanistic hand of fifteenth-centry European scholars. This book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of epigraphy but to those interested in the history of typography as well.
Author : Steven Tuck
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0472115162
A unique collection of primary source material from the Roman world
Author : Alison E. Cooley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 21,29 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1139576607
This book advances our understanding of the place of Latin inscriptions in the Roman world. It enables readers, especially those new to the subject, to appreciate both the potential and the limitations of inscriptions as historical source material, by considering the diversity of epigraphic culture in the Roman world and how it has been transmitted to the twenty-first century. The first chapter offers an epigraphic sample drawn from the Bay of Naples, illustrating the dynamic epigraphic culture of that region. The second explores in detail the nature of epigraphic culture in the Roman world, probing the limitations of traditional ways of dividing up inscriptions into different categories, and offering examples of how epigraphic culture developed in different geographical, social and religious contexts. It examines the 'life-cycle' of inscriptions - how they were produced, viewed, reused and destroyed. Finally, the third provides guidance on deciphering inscriptions face-to-face and handling specialist epigraphic publications.
Author : Francisca Feraudi-Gruénais
Publisher : Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Inscriptions
ISBN : 9780739145906
Alongside these complex synergies, interdisciplinary associations founded on web-based data transfer are on the rise. All of the new visions and achievements discussed in the volume can only be fully realized, however, if the traditional roots of epigraphy are maintained. Rather than being blinded by a sort of "electronic madness," scholars must recall the rich heritage of epigraphic transmission as a source of information that has yet to be exhausted. This volume is not only a plea for an increased use of modern (electronic) technology but also a warning against putting trust solely in such technology. --
