Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World

Republic to Empire

Anthony Smart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-51170-5 (ISBN)

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Engaging with the long history of emotions, this book provides a new narrative of how grief was defined, experienced and used in Ancient Rome. From studies of tears and weeping, to Roman funerary monuments and inscriptions, the role of female grief in navigating political conflict, and letters of consolation, Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World explores the language of grief and individuality of sorrow in Rome, and asks how and why they shaped their emotions in this way.

Revisiting familiar sources such as Livy and Plutarch it offers new interpretations to place the Roman emotional framework against our own. Can we recognise our own notions of grief in the Ancient World? Do we feel pain in the same way as our Roman ancestors did? Exploring these questions and more, Anthony Smart challenges existing perceptions of grief and sorrow in the Roman world and places emotions at the centre of this rich culture.

Anthony Smart is an independent researcher based in the UK. A graduate of the University of York, he was previously Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History at York St. John University, UK. A specialist in the history of Rome, with a particular interest in the political manifestation of emotion in the late Republic and early Principate, he has published on Greek, Roman and Anglo-Saxon history. He is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, and the Higher Education representative for the Classical Association's Ancient History Teaching Board. He is the author of Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World: Republic to Empire (Bloomsbury).

Introduction
1. Epitaphs and Epigraphy
2. Livy
3. Plutarch
4. Cicero
5. Caesar & Lucan
6. Tears
Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.7.2026
Reihe/Serie	History of Emotions
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-51170-6 / 1350511706
ISBN-13	978-1-350-51170-5 / 9781350511705
Zustand	Neuware