Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed?
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Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? / Bargfeldt, Niels.
Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity. ed. / Eva Mortensen; Sine Grove Saxkjær. Vol. XIII aarhus universitetsforlag, 2015. p. 119-130 (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed?
AU - Bargfeldt, Niels
PY - 2015/8/3
Y1 - 2015/8/3
N2 - Even though Roman grave markers offer us valuable glimpses into the society in which they were created they also effectively conceal the actual character traits of the people behind the monuments because of their lauding habitual phrases. This concealment is strengthened by the very nature of intimacy between the deceased and the bereaved that the monuments themselves are an expression of, which is an inherent aspect of funerary culture in general. This article examines the grave marker of a frontier doctor that seemingly breaks the tradition of idealising the deceased and instead reveals a character trait that seems out of place in the funerary context.
AB - Even though Roman grave markers offer us valuable glimpses into the society in which they were created they also effectively conceal the actual character traits of the people behind the monuments because of their lauding habitual phrases. This concealment is strengthened by the very nature of intimacy between the deceased and the bereaved that the monuments themselves are an expression of, which is an inherent aspect of funerary culture in general. This article examines the grave marker of a frontier doctor that seemingly breaks the tradition of idealising the deceased and instead reveals a character trait that seems out of place in the funerary context.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9788771243895
VL - XIII
T3 - Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity
SP - 119
EP - 130
BT - Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity
A2 - Mortensen, Eva
A2 - Grove Saxkjær, Sine
PB - aarhus universitetsforlag
ER -
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