Delicati and delicia in the Roman Empire : a study of epigraphic and literary sources /

Until now, scholarly literature has largely presented a salacious image of the slaves known as delicati or delicia in the Roman Empire. This study aims to bring together literary, epigraphic and iconographic sources found on funerary monuments in order to offer a more nuanced perspective. These deli...

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Main Author: La Monaca, Valeria (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, [2025].
Series:BAR international series ; 3233.
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