H 234 x W 156 mm
126 pages
13 graphs
Published Nov 2020
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789694642
Digital: 9781789694659
Keywords
Work; labour market; Latin provinces; epigraphy; prosopography
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This volume presents the results of long-term research into occupational epigraphy from the Latin-language provinces of the Roman Empire. It catalogues stone epigraphs of 690 independent professionals (excluding state workers, imperial slaves, freedmen and military personnel) providing quantitative as well as qualitative analyses of the raw data.
I. Introductory notes ;
II. Historiographic coordinates for Roman-era occupational epigraphy ;
Professions, occupations and Roman economy ;
Ancient middle classes ;
Historiographic outline ;
III. Quantitative analyses on the primary data ;
Demography and representativeness ;
Encoding the attested occupations ;
Space and time ;
People and monuments ;
IV. People and professional identities ;
Tales of trade and friendship ;
Doctors – the healing science ;
Crafting for a living ;
Entertaining the masses ;
Case study: local identities ;
V. Concluding remarks ;
Index ;
Glossary ;
Catalogue ;
References ;
Abbreviations used in the catalogue
Overall, through: the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the sources, the use of both traditional and new methodologies and tools for investigation, the diverse prosopographic and conceptual approach of the data, the encoding of the ancient occupations, the book represents another milestone in the research of Roman ancient society and occupations. As such, through its quality it deserves our full-attention and can be considered as a work of reference for future researches in the field.