Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. Introduction 3
5. 1. Greek or Latin? The owner’s choice of names for vernae in Rome 19
6. 2. Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite: A Study of the Columbaria of the Volusii and the Statilii 43
7. 3. Reading the ‘Pages’ of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffi ti of the Palatine Paedagogium 69
8. 4. Geographies of Slave Containment and Movement 99
9. 5. Working Models: Functional Art and Roman Conceptions of Slavery 129
10. 6. Cupid Punished: Refl ections on a Roman Genre Scene 158
11. 7. Slaves and Liberti in the Roman Army 180
12. REFERENCES 199
13. CONTRIBUTORS 225
14. INSCRIPTIONS 227
15. INDEX LOCORUM 229
16. INDEX 235
17. PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES 241