W. Stenhouse; — Ancient Inscriptions

Turnhout, Brepols, 2002 Hardback, 439 p., 324 b/w ill. + 23 colour ill., 22 x 28,5. ISBN 9781872501451. Latin inscriptions found on buildings, tombstones, altars and votive monuments form a rich source of information for historians about classical Rome. By the early seventeenth century, ancient epigraphy had become a highly developed branch of learning, and the drawings of inscriptions preserved in the Paper Museum offer a fascinating insight into this earlier world of scholarship ? in some cases providing our only record of the piece being illustrated. The drawings in this volume cover a wide chronological range and provide details about Roman law, the Roman army and officials of the Roman Empire as well as aspects of Roman life overlooked in literary sources. Languages : English.