Jeremy Hartnett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1704890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Hartnett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy |
| FAMILY NAME | Hartnett |
| SIGNATURE | HARTNETT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wabash College |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-0365-322X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
When we think of Romans, Julius Caesar or Constantine might spring to mind. But what was life like for everyday folk, those who gazed up at the palace rather than looking out from within its walls? In this book, Jeremy Hartnett offers a detailed view of an average Roman, an individual named Flavius Agricola. Though Flavius was only a generation or two removed from slavery, his successful life emerges from his careful commemoration in death: a poe…
Museum Review
The Roman Street
Every day Roman urbanites took to the street for myriad tasks, from hawking vegetables and worshipping local deities to simply loitering and socializing. Hartnett takes readers into this thicket of activity as he repopulates Roman streets with their full range of sensations, participants, and events that stretched far beyond simple movement. As everyone from slave to senator met in this communal space, city dwellers found unparalleled opportuniti…
The Power of Nuisances on the Roman Street
This chapter focuses on the connection between urban society and obstructions to the flow of traffic. In what ways was passage on urban streets obstructed and, more importantly, to what ends and with what implications? The goal is not merely to produce a list of traffic impediments, but also to explore what light the broad category of ‘nuisance’ can shed on various aspects of urban dynamics, including movement, law, inscribed social privilege, an…
Excavation Photographs and the Imagining of Pompeii's Streets
Si quis hic sederit
Built by individual initiative but open to use by city dwellers, Pompeii's 100 streetside benches stood at a pivot point, forming part of the architectural interface between interior, privately financed architecture and the exterior space of the street's public domain. Like many elements of Roman cities, benches have been examined primarily from their builders' viewpoint and within one setting (the elite house and the salutatio). This multiperspe…
Si quis hic sederit
Built by individual initiative but open to use by city dwellers, Pompeii's 100 streetside benches stood at a pivot point, forming part of the architectural interface between interior, privately financed architecture and the exterior space of the street's public domain. Like many elements of Roman cities, benches have been examined primarily from their builders' viewpoint and within one setting (the elite house and the salutatio). This multiperspe…
Museum Review
Si quis hic sederit
Built by individual initiative but open to use by city dwellers, Pompeii's 100 streetside benches stood at a pivot point, forming part of the architectural interface between interior, privately financed architecture and the exterior space of the street's public domain. Like many elements of Roman cities, benches have been examined primarily from their builders' viewpoint and within one setting (the elite house and the salutatio). This multiperspe…
The Power of Nuisances on the Roman Street
This chapter focuses on the connection between urban society and obstructions to the flow of traffic. In what ways was passage on urban streets obstructed and, more importantly, to what ends and with what implications? The goal is not merely to produce a list of traffic impediments, but also to explore what light the broad category of ‘nuisance’ can shed on various aspects of urban dynamics, including movement, law, inscribed social privilege, an…
Excavation Photographs and the Imagining of Pompeii's Streets
The Roman Street
Every day Roman urbanites took to the street for myriad tasks, from hawking vegetables and worshipping local deities to simply loitering and socializing. Hartnett takes readers into this thicket of activity as he repopulates Roman streets with their full range of sensations, participants, and events that stretched far beyond simple movement. As everyone from slave to senator met in this communal space, city dwellers found unparalleled opportuniti…
Museum Review
The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
When we think of Romans, Julius Caesar or Constantine might spring to mind. But what was life like for everyday folk, those who gazed up at the palace rather than looking out from within its walls? In this book, Jeremy Hartnett offers a detailed view of an average Roman, an individual named Flavius Agricola. Though Flavius was only a generation or two removed from slavery, his successful life emerges from his careful commemoration in death: a poe…
Art (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works)