2018
DOI: 10.31669/herodoto.v3i1.355
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Family, memory and death in the tomb inscriptions of Mediolanum (I-II AD)

Abstract: 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, high… Show more

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“…However, in contrast to the presumed disaffection of adults in the face of the premature death of their children, there is the practice, albeit rare, of affixing funerary inscriptions in memory of the deceased (Boatwright, 2006; De Omena & De Carvalho, 2018), evidence of the parents' desire to perpetuate their memory and affirm their individuality.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, in contrast to the presumed disaffection of adults in the face of the premature death of their children, there is the practice, albeit rare, of affixing funerary inscriptions in memory of the deceased (Boatwright, 2006; De Omena & De Carvalho, 2018), evidence of the parents' desire to perpetuate their memory and affirm their individuality.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%