The Vatican Necropoles - P. Liverani

Rome's City of the Dead

KORTE INHOUD

'This book is visually stunning. (...) The volume presents the results of the excavations in the 1940s and 1950s under St. Per's basilica and the area under the Vatican car park, as well as the most recent work from 2003-2006 at Santa Rosa. Together, these excavated remains reveal a remarkable picture of the cemeteries along the ancient Via Triumphalis on the Vatican hill, with the rich evidence for funereary ritual that has all but disappeared at ontemporary cemeteries such as those at Ostia and Portus. (...) This book is not a substitute for the final, detailed publication of the excavations and the material culture revealed in them, but it is a very fine tribute to the wealth and variety of monuments dedicated to the memory of named individuals and families and to the attention paid to rituals to honour the dead in imperial Rome. It should inspire any reader to visit the site.' (MAUREEN CARROLL in The Classical Review (new Series), 2013, pp.252-254).
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2010Uitgever: Brepols Publishers352 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 250353578XISBN-13: 9782503535784

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