The Roman life course: A view from the inscriptions

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-63

  Revell, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Age rounding; Epitaphs; Gender; Ideology; Life course; Regionality; Roman

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949584408     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957105058209     Document Type: Article

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