The Dignity of Labour: Image, Work and Identity in the Roman World

by Iain Ferris

This is the first book to present an analysis of images of working people in Roman society and to interpret their meaning and significance. What did work mean to the Romans? Numerous incidental illustrations of agricultural workers occur in Roman artworks, particularly mosaic pavements. More significantly, the names and trades of many individual working people, artisans, and professionals are known from inscriptions and funerary monuments in Rome...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445684217
• ISBN13: 9781445684215
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"