Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting

Richard John Hunter Pearce

Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting

Classics

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Using preliminary results from a current project, this paper re-examines monuments to the dead from Roman Britain. It argues that a holistic perspective, combining evidence from inscriptions, sculpture and the remains of structures detected in excavation and prospection, reveals a phenomenon of greater significance and complexity than previously appreciated. Examples from garrisons and cities show competitive selfrepresentation through commemoration among soldiers and civilian communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico / Centre and periphery in the ancient world, Merida, May 2013 (Vol. 2)
Editors	J. Álvarez, T. Nogales, I. Rodà
Place of Publication	Merida
Publisher	Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida
Pages	1209-1212
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-84-617-3697-3
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Roman Britain archaeology funerary monument inscription

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Pearce, R. J. H. (2015). Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting. In J. Álvarez, T. Nogales, & I. Rodà (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico / Centre and periphery in the ancient world, Merida, May 2013 (Vol. 2) (pp. 1209-1212). Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida.

Pearce, Richard John Hunter. / Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico / Centre and periphery in the ancient world, Merida, May 2013 (Vol. 2). editor / J. Álvarez ; T. Nogales ; I. Rodà. Merida : Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida, 2015. pp. 1209-1212

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Pearce, RJH 2015, Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting. in J Álvarez, T Nogales & I Rodà (eds), Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico / Centre and periphery in the ancient world, Merida, May 2013 (Vol. 2). Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida, Merida, pp. 1209-1212.

Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting. / Pearce, Richard John Hunter.
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Pearce RJH. Commemorating the dead in Roman Britain: monuments and their setting. In Álvarez J, Nogales T, Rodà I, editors, Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico / Centre and periphery in the ancient world, Merida, May 2013 (Vol. 2). Merida: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida. 2015. p. 1209-1212

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