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Inscribing Flavian Rome : epigraphic strategies in martial's epigrams /

This volume offers an investigation of Martial's engagement with Roman epigraphic habits and proposes a new interpretation of early imperial writing culture. It argues that epigrammatic poetry and epigraphic writing are complementary cultural activities, involving thematic and generic interacti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tafaro, Alessandra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Martial > Epigrammata.
Martial
Epigrams, Latin > History and criticism.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Inscriptions latines.
Inscriptions, Latin
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume offers an investigation of Martial's engagement with Roman epigraphic habits and proposes a new interpretation of early imperial writing culture. It argues that epigrammatic poetry and epigraphic writing are complementary cultural activities, involving thematic and generic interactions and intersecting audiences.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198962489
0198962487
9780198962502
0198962509