Understanding Roman Inscriptions
This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced.
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Understanding Roman Inscriptions
This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced.
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Understanding Roman Inscriptions

Understanding Roman Inscriptions

by Lawrence Keppie
Understanding Roman Inscriptions
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Understanding Roman Inscriptions

Understanding Roman Inscriptions

by Lawrence Keppie

Overview

This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415151436
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/15/1991
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Lexile: 1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

Dr Lawrence Keppie is Senior Curator (Archaeology and History) at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Honorary lecturer in Classics at the University in Glasgow, and President of the Glasgow Archaeological Society. He has excavated extensively on the Antonine Wall and at other Roman sites in Scotland. Among his publications is the acclaimed Making of the Roman Army: from Republic to Empire (Batsford 1984).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Past Unlimited
Chapter 1. The Canal of Zabita Khan: The Nature of History
Chapter 2. Ancient Alluviums: The Geology of Antiquity
Chapter 3. Mythic Pasts and Naturalized Histories: The Deep History of Sacred Geography
Chapter 4. Remnants of the Race: Geology and the Naturalization of Human Antiquity
Chapter 5. The Other Side of Tethys: Gondwana and the Geologies of Primitivism
Conclusion. The New Deep History
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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