Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture

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Replete now with its own scholarly traditions and controversies, Roman slavery as a field of study is no longer limited to the economic sphere, but is recognized as a fundamental social institution with multiple implications for Roman society and culture. The essays in this collection explore how material culture - namely, art, architecture, and inscriptions - can illustrate Roman attitudes towards the institution of slavery and towards slaves themselves in ways that significantly augment conventional textual accounts. Providing the first interdisciplinary approach to the study of Roman slavery, the volume brings together diverse specialists in history, art history, and archaeology. The contributors engage with questions concerning the slave trade, manumission, slave education, containment and movement, and the use of slaves in the Roman army. Introduction MICHELE GEORGE 1. Greek or Latin? The owner&rsquos choice of names for vernae in Rome CHRISTER BRUUN 2. Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite: A Study of the Columbaria of the Volusii and the Statilii HENRIK MOURITSEN 3. Reading the &lsquoPages' of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium PETER KEEGAN 4. Geographies of Slave Containment and Movement SANDRA R. JOSHEL 5. Working Models: Functional Art and Roman Conceptions of Slavery NOEL LENSKI 6. Cupid Punished: Reflections on a Roman Genre Scene MICHELE GEORGE 7. Slaves and Liberti in the Roman Army NATALIE BOYMEL KAMPEN References List of Contributors Inscriptions Index Locorum General Index Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Illustrations follow