Mausoleums and large rural estates in the Roman period in northeastern Gaul. Scripta Antiqua 90.
| N° d'inventaire | 20322 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 190 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
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“It is absurd to have well-arranged houses during one's lifetime, and to take no notice of those where we will have to live much longer.” These are the words that the author of the Satiricon, Petronius, puts into Trimalcion's mouth when he takes from the latter the apparently absurd idea of describing to the guests gathered at his banquet the sumptuous mausoleum that he intends to erect in his memory. These words are sufficient to testify to the crucial importance that the tomb had in the eyes of the Ancients. In recent decades, colossal tombs from the Roman period have been the object of renewed interest, which has continued to be fueled by remarkable discoveries, particularly in the Gallic provinces. The purpose of this work is to offer a synthesis of them, with particular attention to a still neglected aspect, the relationship that these sepulchres had with their rural environment. The result of international collaboration, it offers readers regional reports and also brings to their attention numerous recently exhumed and previously unseen buildings.
“It is absurd to have well-arranged houses during one's lifetime, and to take no notice of those where we will have to live much longer.” These are the words that the author of the Satiricon, Petronius, puts into Trimalcion's mouth when he takes from the latter the apparently absurd idea of describing to the guests gathered at his banquet the sumptuous mausoleum that he intends to erect in his memory. These words are sufficient to testify to the crucial importance that the tomb had in the eyes of the Ancients. In recent decades, colossal tombs from the Roman period have been the object of renewed interest, which has continued to be fueled by remarkable discoveries, particularly in the Gallic provinces. The purpose of this work is to offer a synthesis of them, with particular attention to a still neglected aspect, the relationship that these sepulchres had with their rural environment. The result of international collaboration, it offers readers regional reports and also brings to their attention numerous recently exhumed and previously unseen buildings.