| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tokens and the imperial family -- Creating identities in Rome, Ostia and Italy -- Cult, Euergetism and the imagery of festivals -- Tokens, finds, and small-scale economies -- Conclusion : tokens and the history of Roman imperial Italy. |
| Summary |
"This is a unique and accessible introduction to an underutilised source, Roman tokens, with a focus on those found in Imperial Italy. It explains how tokens can illuminate all kinds of issues such as identity, entertainment, euergetism, imperial ideology, festivals, material culture and everyday life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 09, 2023). |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books and Elements |
| Subject |
Tokens -- Rome -- History.
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Rome -- Social life and customs.
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Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
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Italy -- History -- To 476.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Tokens. (OCoLC)fst01152195
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
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| Chronological Term |
To 476
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rowan, Clare, 1982- Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781316516539 (DLC) 2023019904 |
| ISBN |
9781009030434 electronic book |
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1009030434 electronic book |
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9781316516539 hardcover |
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9781009015745 paperback |
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