The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy

Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on the Roman world from c. 500 BCE to 500 CE and beyond.

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy is the fullest collection of scholarship on the study and history of Latin epigraphy produced to date. Rather than just a collection of inscriptions, however, this volume seeks to show why inscriptions matter and demonstrate to classicists and ancient historians how to work with the sources.

To that end, the 35 chapters, written by senior and rising scholars in Roman history, classics, and epigraphy, cover everything from typography to the importance of inscriptions for understanding many aspects of Roman culture, from Roman public life
to slavery, to the roles and lives of women, to the military, and to life in the provinces.

Students and scholars alike will find the Handbook a critical tool for expanding their knowledge of the Roman world.

Author: Christer Bruun, Jonathan Edmondson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/19/2014
Pages: 928
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.30lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.00w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780195336467

About the Author

Christer Bruun is Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto.

Jonathan Edmondson is Professor of History at York University.