Trophies and tombstones
Commemorating the Roman soldier
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3919937 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Valerie Hope (0000-0002-7566-1183, The Open University, autor de correspondencia), Polly Low (0000-0002-7731-4994, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2003 |
| Volumen | 35 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 98-111 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0043824032000078108 |
| OpenAlex | W1993791964 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 32 |
| Referencias citadas | 48 |
This paper explores the commemoration of the Roman soldier both in peacetime and in war. Hundreds of tombstones and funerary monuments record the life and death of Roman military personnel, but the vast majority of these monuments appear to commemorate soldiers who died in camp rather than on the battlefield. How were the victims of warfare disposed of and in what ways were the graves marked and the loss of life recorded? In comparison with the Greek world there seems to have been little desire to record the individual sacrifices made in Roman warfare. Triumphs and trophy monuments were methods of recording victories but not the true carnage of battle. Here this public, cleaned-up image of warfare is placed alongside the practicalities of disposing of the dead and the sense of public loss. The paper also evaluates the extent to which individual identity (as celebrated by peacetime military tombstones) was subsumed to the state in times of conflict and then explores the few exceptional occasions when 'war memorials' that commemorated and named the dead were constructed. Keywords: RomanSoldiersTombstonesTriumphsTrophiesWar
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Battle · Battlefield · Democracy · Identity (music · Ideology · Literature · Military history · Narrative · Peacetime · Political science · Politics · Similarity (geometry · Sociology · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Trophy · Archaeological Research and Protection · Classical Antiquity Studies · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · War, Ethics, and Justification
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| Obras citantes distintas | 30 |
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| Citas por año | 1,39 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 31 |