Between Temple and Tomb: Lararia, the Lares, and the Dead in Roman Pompeii (80 BCE-79 CE)

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dc.contributor.advisorGensheimer, Maryl Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Sarah Francesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArt History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-12T05:55:17Z
dc.date.available2018-09-12T05:55:17Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Lares familiares were a group of ancient Roman gods worshipped at lararia, the shrines that stood at the center of domestic religion. In this thesis, I revisit a century-long debate and present new evidence, derived from the close observation of the design and representational elements extant on the material remains of temples, tombs, and lararia, for the previously proposed but recently rejected theory that the Lares familiares were the spirits of deceased ancestors. In opposition to the approach of previous publications, I place archaeological, rather than textual, evidence from Roman Pompeii in the forefront to examine what new conclusions might be drawn. In Part 2, I consider the elements of formal design that may connect lararia not only with temple architecture, but also with tomb design. In Part 3, I analyze a series of representational elements that may suggest a similar visual connection between the Lares and the dead.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2057CW5N
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21277
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledClassical studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDeaden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLarariaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLaresen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPompeiien_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRomeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTombsen_US
dc.titleBetween Temple and Tomb: Lararia, the Lares, and the Dead in Roman Pompeii (80 BCE-79 CE)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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