Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations used in Notes; Introduction; The Roman Era; Rome and Empire; Society and Sources; Life and Death; Investigating Roman Death; 1 Facing Mortality; A Philosophy of Death; Facing the Inevitable; Memento Mori; The Last Will and Testament; Wills, Monuments and Memory; Preserving Reputation and Identity; Remembering this Life; Conclusion; 2 Death Scenes; Life Expectancy; Causes of Death; The Deathbed; Dying Well; Suicide; Bad Deaths; Conclusion; 3 Funerals and Feasts; Expenses and Undertakers
Preparing the BodyThe Funeral Procession; Funeral Speeches; Disposal of the Body; Feasts; Funerals as Spectacles; Conclusion; 4 Heaven and Hell; The Presence of the Dead; The Underworld; Celestial Kingdoms; Belief and Disbelief; Ghost and Spirits; Conclusion; 5 Mourning the Dead; Rules for Mourning; Ideals for Mourning; Consolation and Philosophy; The Loss of a Child; Widows and Widowers; The Literature of Grief; Conclusion; 6 Commemorating and Remembering the Dead; Cemetery Location and Organization; Monuments; Epitaphs; Preserving Tomb and Memory; Honour and Dishonour; Conclusion
Epilogue: From the Deathbed to the AfterlifeAppendix One: Roman Emperor; Appendix Two: Guide to Monetary Values; Appendix Three: Glossary of some Funerary Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
