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Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
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Matthew D.C. Larsen
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2025
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This book examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prisons were integral to the social, political, and economic fabric of ancient societies. Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration traces a long history of carceral practices, considering ways in which the institution of prison has been fundamentally intertwined with issues of class, ethnicity, gender, and imperialism. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of the imprisoned, Larsen and Letteney demonstrate the extraordinary durability of carceral structures across time and call for a new historical consciousness around contemporary practices of incarceration.
This book examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prisons were integral to the social, political, and economic fabric of ancient societies. Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration traces a long history of carceral practices, considering ways in which the institution of prison has been fundamentally intertwined with issues of class, ethnicity, gender, and imperialism. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of the imprisoned, Larsen and Letteney demonstrate the extraordinary durability of carceral structures across time and call for a new historical consciousness around contemporary practices of incarceration.
Information zu Autoren / Herausgebern
Contributor: Matthew D.C. Larsen
Matthew D. C. Larsen is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian History and Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen.
Mark Letteney is the Carol Thomas Professor of Ancient History at the University of Washington.
Mark Letteney is the Carol Thomas Professor of Ancient History at the University of Washington.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Preface
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List of Abbreviations
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Introduction
1 - Part One Ideals and Spaces
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1 Incarceration and the Law
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2 Spaces of Incarceration
45 - Part Two Experiences and Perceptions
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3 Experiences of Incarceration
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4 Ancient Mediterranean Prison Societies
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5 Prison Management
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Afterword
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Acknowledgments
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References
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Source Index
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Subject Index
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eBook veröffentlicht am:
26. August 2025
eBook ISBN:
9780520387232
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Inhalt:
258
eBook ISBN:
9780520387232
Schlagwörter für dieses Buch
Ancient punishment; Roman law; Greek justice system; penal practices; detention spaces; historical criminology; classical archaeology; carceral state origins; imperial governance; social control; forced labor; legal institutions; marginalized communities; historical justice
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