Family, memory and death in the tomb inscriptions of Mediolanum (I-II AD)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19148109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luciane Munhoz De Omena (0000-0003-1039-3859, Universidade Federal de Goiás), Mariana Martins De Carvalho (0000-0003-2558-4834, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)), Margarida Maria De Carvalho |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 355-373 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Heródoto - Revista do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Antiguidade Clássica e suas Conexões Afro-asiáticas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2448-2609 • E-ISSN: 2448-2609 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.31669/herodoto.v3i1.355 |
| OpenAlex | W2810167963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Considering contemporary studies on attitudes towards death and the dead, we will consider, given the documentary, thematic and historical relevance, some epitaphs for females present in the region of Mediolanum, the modern city of Milan. We know that, although we do not have remains of necropolises, as in Isola Sacra, the mortuary evidences present at Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano exhibit a wide range of stone stelae, lastras of funeral monuments with stone garlands, marble funeral altars and urns, highlighting the richness of a region known, at the time of 49 BC, as municipium ciuium romanorum. In this respect, it becomes relevant to analyze, for example, a gorgeous stela, dated between the last years of the second century AD, as a rare testimony of a woman who, undoubtedly, with a strong personality, commissions the funeral monument to her relatives. Thenceforth, we understand that the epitaphs immortalized the deceased as well as stimulated the pietas of their relatives. Thus, in referring to the sepulchral epigraphy, we emphasize the connections and symbology between written and spoken words, for, thus conceived, ritual repetition evoked the memory of the deceased
Ancient history · Art · Epigraphy · Epitaph · Genealogy · Linguistics · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |