Free At Last!
The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire
Published on 7. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4725-0449-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
... the contributors to Free at Last! 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 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
24 bw
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0449-4 (9781472504494)
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01/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
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E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€42.99
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Persons
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.
Teresa R. Ramsby is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
Content
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
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