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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 May 2024
      23 May 2024
      ISBN:
      9781009438544
      9781009438537
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009438544
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 308 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
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    How were freed people represented in the Roman world? This volume presents new research about the integration of freed persons into Roman society. It addresses the challenge of studying Roman freed persons on the basis of highly fragmentary sources whose contents have been fundamentally shaped by the forces of domination. Even though freed persons were defined through a common legal status and shared the experience of enslavement and manumission, many different interactions could derive from these commonalities in different periods and localities across the empire. Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides cases studies that test the various ways in which juridical categories and normative discourses shaped the social and cultural landscape in which freed people lived. By approaching the literary and epigraphic representations of freed persons in new ways, it nuances the impact of power asymmetries and social strategies on the cultural practices and lived experiences of freed persons.

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