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Columbarium tombs are among the most recognizable forms of Roman architecture and also among the most enigmatic The subterranean collective burial chambers have repeatedly sparked the imagination of modern commentators but their origins and function remain obscure Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome situates columbaria within the development of Roman funerary architecture and the historical context of the early Imperial period Contrary to earlier scholarship that often interprets columbaria primarily as economic burial solutions Dorian Borbonus shows that they defined a community of people who were buried and commemorated collectively Many of the tomb occupants were slaves and freed slaves for whom collective burial was one strategy of community building that counterbalanced their exclusion in Roman society Columbarium tombs were thus sites of social interaction that provided their occupants with a group identity that this book shows was especially relevant during the social and cultural transformation of the Augustan era Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan RomeHighly interesting monograph and invaluable for a recent piece of work Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome This book which was adapted from Dorian Borbonus Ph. Book columbarium tombs and collective identity in augustan rome book D dissertation is an incredibly thorough interpretation and analysis of columbarium tombs in early imperial Rome Borbonus presents a new definition of columbaria along with a new though limited chronology Though the holistic approach to the subject and in depth architectural and epigraphic analyses make this book ideal for a scholarly audience it is also suitable for those with a moderate knowledge of ancient Roman history As the first exhaustive reexamination of columbaria as a tomb type since the 19th century interpretations this book will no doubt be of great use to classics scholars worldwide Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome