Writing and power in the Roman world : literacies and material culture

Writing and power in the Roman world : literacies and material culture / Hella Eckardt, University of Reading.

"In this book, Hella Eckardt offers new insights into literacy in the Roman world by examining the tools that enabled writing, such as inkwells, styli and tablets. Literacy was an important skill in the ancient world and power could be and often was, exercised through texts. Eckardt explores ho...

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Main Author: Eckardt, Hella (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Writing materials and instruments.
Literacy > Rome.
Latin language > Written Latin.
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Call Number: Z45 .E35 2018
Status: Available

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