Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy

Clare Rowan

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Clare Rowan, University of Warwick

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781009030434
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009030434
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology

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Tokens are underutilised artefacts from the ancient world, but as everyday objects they were key in mediating human interactions. This book provides an accessible introduction to tokens from Roman Italy. It explores their role in the creation of imperial imagery, as well as what they can reveal about the numerous identities that existed in different communities within Rome and Ostia. It is clear that tokens carried imagery that was connected to the emotions and experiences of different festivals, and that they were designed to act upon their users to provoke particular reactions. Tokens bear many similarities to ancient Roman currency, but also possess important differences. The tokens of Roman Italy were objects used by a wide variety of groups for particular events or moments in time; their designs reveal experiences and individuals otherwise lost to history. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy
pp i-ii

Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Figures
pp viii-xv

Acknowledgements
pp xvi-xvii

Abbreviations
pp xviii-xx

1 - Introduction
pp 1-36

2 - Tokens and the Imperial Family
pp 37-77

3 - Creating Identities in Rome, Ostia and Italy
pp 78-126

4 - Cult, Euergetism and the Imagery of Festivals
pp 127-169

5 - Tokens, Finds and Small-Scale Economies
pp 170-212

6 - Conclusion
pp 213-216

References
pp 217-242

Index
pp 243-248

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