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Investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. The book tracks the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity by following groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners, mint workers, and even bakers - and asking how they coped with stigmatization.

Trade and Taboo Disreputable Professions in the Roman Mediterranean

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Investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. The book tracks the shifting application... Read more

    Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
    Publication Date: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780472130085, 978-0472130085
    ISBN10: 0472130080

    Number of Pages: 336

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    Investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. The book tracks the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity by following groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners, mint workers, and even bakers - and asking how they coped with stigmatization.

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