Christer Bruun

Dados Biográficos

ID1209704
NOMEChrister Bruun
PRENOMESChrister
SOBRENOMEBruun
ASSINATURABRUUN C
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0002-0023-4953
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS59
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES96
TOTAL COMO AUTOR32
TOTAL COMO EDITOR27
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1990
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ÍNDICE H6

  • Cicero and Clodius Together

    Open AccessChrister BruunCHAPTERCultural Memory in Republican and…2023

    At the mouth of the Tiber river lies Ostia, Rome’s port town. Legend has it that Ostia was founded as Rome’s first citizen colony (a colonia civium Romanorum ) back in the 600s BC, but the archaeological evidence dates the first structured settlement, which was protected by a wall of tufa blocks, to the 300s BC. 1 Soon the settlement outgrew the small castrum (as the area surrounded by the early wall is called today) and both private and public b…

  • Transfer of Property in an Ostian Professional Corpus

    Open AccessChrister BruunARTICLEArctos – Acta Philologica Fennica2022

  • The Power of Urban Water

    Christer BruunARTICLEPhoenix2020

    360 PHOENIX is only true within the limitations set out in the book (but not in its title); for instance, the multiplication table on a second-century wax tablet now in the British Museum (Add MS 34186) is not mentioned, possibly because it also offers school exercises in Greek, although it might have provided an insight into “what aids must have existed.” Consequently Roman “informational resources” on fields such as astronomy, geography, and es…

  • Notes on the elogium of a benefactor at Pompeii

    Open AccessJohn Bodel, Andreas Bendlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Roman Archaeology2019

    The rediscovery in the summer of 2017 of a large monumental tomb of unusual form outside the Stabian Gate at Pompeii caused an immediate sensation, and the swift initial publication by M. Osanna in JRA 31 (2018) of the long funerary inscription fronting the W side of the base, facing the road, has been welcomed gratefully by the scholarly community. The text — at 183 words, by far the longest funerary inscription yet found at Pompeii — records a …

  • Le donne di Ostia come proprietarie di immobili e schiavi

    Open AccessChrister BruunARTICLEMélanges de l École française de…2018Referências: 3

    Si studiano tre aspetti della capacità delle donne di Ostia di possedere beni mobili e immobili durante l’epoca imperiale. Nel passato gli studiosi hanno presentato stime della percentuale delle ricchezze in mano alle donne nel mondo romano che variano, all’incirca dal venti al quaranta per cento del totale. Ad Ostia, la nostra ricerca si concentra sulla presenza delle donne fra le persone che hanno l’autorità di cedere spazio funerario, sulla fr…

  • Vespasian's Aqvae DVCTVS in Ostia and Ostia's Relationship With Rome

    Open AccessChrister BruunARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly2018Referências: 1

    In Ostia, Rome's harbour-town, several parts of an inscription which reveals that the Emperor Vespasian promoted the town's water supply were found in 1983. Eventually references to the text began to circulate, then one more fragment turned up and in 2006 the formal and official publication of the text took place, for which the scholarly world is grateful to Alfredo Marinucci

  • A Dedication in 173 CE at Roman Ostia, carried out on the Emperor Antoninus Pius’ dies natalis

    Open AccessChrister BruunARTICLETyche2017

    The date of a statue dedication in Rome’s harbour Ostia carried out by North African shipowners in honour of a member of the local elite has until now been misunderstood. A new examination of the inscription, still standing in the so-called Piazzale delle Corporazioni, shows that the statue most likely was inaugurated on 19 September, the birthday of the emperor Antoninus Pius. The choice of day is a sign of imperial loyalty and agrees with a typ…

  • L’acqua come elemento di lusso nella cultura romana

    Open AccessChrister BruunARTICLEMélanges de l École française de…2016Citada por: 1Referências: 26

    Durante il periodo repubblicano l’elite romana era sempre più propensa a spendere risorse per scopi stravaganti. La legislazione contro il lusso tenne passo con questa tendenza, in particolare dal II secolo a.C. in poi. Le leges sumptuariae prendevano di mira abiti e gioielleria femminile, banchetti e funerali. Critica da posizioni moralistiche fu rivolta anche alle costruzioni private fuori della norma. Nelle leggi non si fa però mai menzione di…

  • Remembering Anniversaries at Roman Ostia

    Christer Bruun, Christer Bruun Christer BruunARTICLEPhoenix2016Citada por: 2

    In the 170s C.E. at Ostia, the benefactor of an association focused on enlarging an unnamed temple decided to establish an annual banquet on 27 November. The day was not chosen at random; it was the birthday of Hadrian's young favourite Antinous. The article shows that the memory of Antinous was alive in Italy several decades after Hadrian's death, contrary to what is often believed

  • Communications and Mobility in the Roman Empire

    Anne Kolb, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    Due to the size of the Roman Empire, communication routes, whether by land or water, were crucial to its functioning. The road system was a characteristic feature of Roman imperial rule and symbolized Roman power in a ubiquitous and visible way. Inscriptions are fundamental for understanding certain key aspects of transport and communication: roads and road building, milestones, the development and regulations of the cursus publicus , communicati…

  • Women in the Roman World

    Maria Letizia Caldelli, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    Inscriptions help us reconstruct some elements of the lived experience of women in the Roman world. This chapter analyzes the epigraphic evidence for women’s role in economic, cultural, religious, and civic life, acknowledging the inevitable biases inherent in such texts. We do not usually have access to women’s views of themselves or of each other, since men were responsible for the majority of the relevant inscriptions. Nevertheless, we can stu…

  • Inscriptions and the Narrative of Roman History

    David S Potter, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    This chapter offers an analysis of how inscriptions can complement the narratives of Roman history from the third century BCE to the third century CE provided in literary sources. They reveal certain historical events or details that would otherwise be unknown, and they supplement the information offered by the surviving Roman historians .

  • Linguistic Variation, Language Change, and Latin Inscriptions

    Peter Kruschwitz, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    This chapter investigates Latin inscriptions that contain linguistic features which appear to stem from popular, as opposed to elite, usage and are rarely, if ever, found in Roman literary authors, unless these were explicitly seeking to mimic uneducated, semi-literate, or moronic people’s speech. Topics treated include: diastratic, diaphasic, and diatopic varieties of Latin, the now contested concept of “Vulgar Latin,” and the phonology, morphol…

  • Economic Life in the Roman Empire

    Christer Bruun, Jonathan EdmondsonBOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    Many types of inscriptions throw light on numerous aspects of economic production, distribution, and consumption in the Roman Empire. This chapter concentrates on agriculture, animal husbandry and pastoralism, and the production and exchange of cash-crops such as wine, olive-oil, and fish sauces. It also illuminates the interaction between private individuals and the Roman state in mining operations, as well as the administrative and legal issues…

  • Spectacle in Rome, Italy, and the Provinces

    Michael J Carter, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    The city of Rome and other urban communities throughout the empire were alive with spectacles of all kinds, including triumphs, funerals, executions, and religious festivals with their various games ( ludi ). This chapter considers the critical role that inscriptions play in our understanding of Roman spectacles. It focuses in particular on spectacles in the theatre ( ludi scaenici ), circus ( ludi circenses ), athletic stadium, and especially th…

  • The Roman Republic

    Olli Salomies, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 1

    The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate the range and distinctive features of Latin republican epigraphy. It focuses on inscriptions from the last century or so of the Republic ( c . 150 to 30 BCE), analyzing their quantity, geographical spread, and typology, pointing out some distinctions between “republican” and “imperial” Latin epigraphy. It also analyzes the letter-forms, language, and orthography of both private and public inscription s

  • Religion in the Roman Provinces

    James B Rives, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 1

    Without inscriptions, the study of religion in the Roman provinces would scarcely exist. Much can be learned from the rich material remains about sanctuaries, iconography, and even cult practices, but apart from a few scattered references in literary sources, we would know almost nothing of the names of the deities worshipped, very little of religious organization and cult personnel, and far less about key issues such as the interaction of local …

  • Social Life in Town and Country

    Garrett G Fagan, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    Epigraphy reveals important aspects of the social life of ordinary people and slaves in the Roman world, habitually overlooked by elite literary authors. Inscriptions dealing with the lower orders might appear to have no overt social filter but are often influenced by the epigraphic culture of the elite. The chapter argues that through public documents, such as the statutes of collegia , the commemoration of benefactions, gravestones, and graffit…

  • Local Elites in Italy and the Western Provinces

    Henrik Mouritsen, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    Local elites represented the backbone of the Roman Empire. Our knowledge of them relies overwhelmingly on epigraphic evidence, not least from Pompeii. This chapter analyzes the epigraphic evidence dealing with this sector of the population, which is rarely represented in the literary sources. It focuses on the institutional structures of local municipalities in Italy and the western provinces, above all local magistrates and town councils, the Au…

  • The Major Corpora and Epigraphic Publications

    Christer Bruun, Jonathan EdmondsonBOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    This chapter presents briefly the history of modern Roman—primarily Latin—epigraphic corpora. The purpose is both to chronicle progress in this field since Theodor Mommsen in the mid-nineteenth century and to provide a roadmap for those who need to find their way through the sometimes bewildering collection of epigraphic corpora and other publications. Regardless of the convenient electronic epigraphic databases available on the internet, it is t…

  • Latin Epigraphy

    Francisco Beltrán Lloris, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015

    This chapter presents a typology of the main types of inscriptions in Latin. The difference between public and private/domestic inscriptions is the most significant distinction to be made when categorizing the enormous mass of surviving epigraphic documents from the Roman world

  • Death and Burial

    Laura Chioffi, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 1

    It has been estimated that of all surviving Latin and Greek inscriptions, between two thirds and three quarters are epitaphs. The chapter discusses the typology, chronology, and regional variation of Roman funerary inscriptions in the physical context of the tombs of which they originally formed a part. It also emphasizes the light that epitaphs throw on self-representation, status and rank, and demography, concluding with a discussion of legal a…

  • Local Elites in the Greek East

    Christof Schuler, Christer Bruun et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 2

    Roman rule in the provinces relied on cities, which were required to control their surrounding territory and had relative independence in all local matters. These cities also served as models of the Roman way of life and provided a framework for integrating the provincial population into the Roman imperial system. Rome relied on the wealthy local elite. In this regard, the eastern provinces did not differ substantively from Italy and the West, bu…

  • Roman Family History

    Christer Bruun, Jonathan EdmondsonBOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 2

    Inscriptions have a crucial role to play in our understanding of Roman family history. This chapter underlines some of the methodological problems in using inscriptions for such topics as the demography of the family, family relations, and family structures. Despite these problems, it demonstrates how inscriptions are revealing for topics such as kinship, marriage, spousal affection, childbirth, and the rearing of children

  • Slaves and Freed Slaves

    Christer Bruun, Jonathan EdmondsonBOOKOxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy2015Citada por: 2

    Slavery was a fundamental feature of Roman society. This chapter considers how critical epigraphy is for the study of Roman slavery. Questions that epigraphy help to answer include modes of enslavement, the identification of slaves and freed slaves, the slave trade, the private life of slaves (family, wealth, religion), their role in business, manufacture, agriculture, and the household, slave resistance, manumission and the position of ex-slaves…