Book contents
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Life and Death of Flavius Agricola
- Chapter 1 The Monument, The Epitaph, and Their Setting
- Chapter 2 The Person, A Life, and Its Presentation
- Chapter 3 Flavia Primitiva: Wife, Mother, Casta Cultrix
- Chapter 4 Flavia Primitiva, Experience, and Community in the Iseum Campense
- Chapter 5 To Eat Is to Be? Flavius’ Worldview in Perspective
- Chapter 6 Meeting Flavius at the Tomb
- Part II The Many Afterlives of Flavius Agricola
- Notes
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Flavia Primitiva, Experience, and Community in the Iseum Campense
from Part I - The Life and Death of Flavius Agricola
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2024
Book contents
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Life and Death of Flavius Agricola
- Chapter 1 The Monument, The Epitaph, and Their Setting
- Chapter 2 The Person, A Life, and Its Presentation
- Chapter 3 Flavia Primitiva: Wife, Mother, Casta Cultrix
- Chapter 4 Flavia Primitiva, Experience, and Community in the Iseum Campense
- Chapter 5 To Eat Is to Be? Flavius’ Worldview in Perspective
- Chapter 6 Meeting Flavius at the Tomb
- Part II The Many Afterlives of Flavius Agricola
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter imagines Flavia’s experience of visiting Rome’s principal sanctuary of Isis, the Iseum Campense. It weighs the impact of the space’s architecture, artwork, and rituals and the community that Flavia found there.
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- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary RomanA Social History, pp. 61 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025