Mors immatura: portraits of children on Roman funerary monuments in the west

<p>This thesis examines funerary iconography for evidence of Roman attitudes towards children, childhood and the family. Based on 690 portrait monuments drawn from select areas of the Western Empire, its central hypothesis is that the commemorations are best read as highly artificial construct...

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Main Author: Mander, J
Other Authors: DeLaine, J
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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