Anna M. Sitz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universität Heidelberg.

A must read for anyone interested in the fate of pagan inscriptions in the Eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity. Sitz offers a rich and engaging study of the Christian transformation of the religio-/cityscapes, as she explores architects' re-appropriation and viewers' interaction with ancient inscriptions." - Julien Ogereau, University of Vienna, Austria

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Afterlives of Inscriptions Epigraphic Reincarnation at Megara Manufactured Violence Inscribed Sanctuaries Literacy in Late Antiquity Chapter Outline The Fine Print Chapter 2. The Use of Real or Imagined Inscriptions in Late Antique Literature The "Arch of Alexander" and the Ends of the Earth Writing the Past from Inscriptions Prophesying from Stone: Invented Oracles Plagiarizing for the Saints: The Life of Abercius Conclusion: The Literary Afterlives of Ancient Inscriptions Chapter 3. Preservation: Tolerating Temples and Their TextsTouring Temples Inscribed Text and Figural Imagery at Unconverted Temples Secular or Sacred? Imperial Documents on Temples of Uncertain Use Priests, Talking Columns, and Unreadable Texts at Christianized Temples Conclusion: Kings of the Past on Display Chapter 4. Spoliation: Integrating and Scrambling tions-Inscrip (T)reading the Past: Epigraphic Spolia Underfoot Constructing Churches with Inscribed Text Epigraphic Spolia Elsewhere Conclusion: Mixed Re-Views of Old Texts in New Buildings Chapter 5. Erasure: [[Damnatio Memoriae]] or Conscious Uncoupling? Unnaming the Gods Violence Against Statues Violence Against Inscriptions Selective Erasures Indiscriminate Erasure and Destruction Conclusion: Epigraphic Unnamings and a Fresh Start Chapter 6. Conclusion: Unepigraphic ReadingsReading at the Temple of Augustus in Ankara Once More An Archaeology of Reading Spolia: Breaking the Monolith Word and Image: Inscriptions and Statues Land, Men, and Gods Epigraphy: A New Direction Bibliography

Anna M. Sitz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universität Heidelberg.

A must read for anyone interested in the fate of pagan inscriptions in the Eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity. Sitz offers a rich and engaging study of the Christian transformation of the religio-/cityscapes, as she explores architects' re-appropriation and viewers' interaction with ancient inscriptions." - Julien Ogereau, University of Vienna, Austria

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Afterlives of Inscriptions Epigraphic Reincarnation at Megara Manufactured Violence Inscribed Sanctuaries Literacy in Late Antiquity Chapter Outline The Fine Print Chapter 2. The Use of Real or Imagined Inscriptions in Late Antique Literature The "Arch of Alexander" and the Ends of the Earth Writing the Past from Inscriptions Prophesying from Stone: Invented Oracles Plagiarizing for the Saints: The Life of Abercius Conclusion: The Literary Afterlives of Ancient Inscriptions Chapter 3. Preservation: Tolerating Temples and Their TextsTouring Temples Inscribed Text and Figural Imagery at Unconverted Temples Secular or Sacred? Imperial Documents on Temples of Uncertain Use Priests, Talking Columns, and Unreadable Texts at Christianized Temples Conclusion: Kings of the Past on Display Chapter 4. Spoliation: Integrating and Scrambling tions-Inscrip (T)reading the Past: Epigraphic Spolia Underfoot Constructing Churches with Inscribed Text Epigraphic Spolia Elsewhere Conclusion: Mixed Re-Views of Old Texts in New Buildings Chapter 5. Erasure: [[Damnatio Memoriae]] or Conscious Uncoupling? Unnaming the Gods Violence Against Statues Violence Against Inscriptions Selective Erasures Indiscriminate Erasure and Destruction Conclusion: Epigraphic Unnamings and a Fresh Start Chapter 6. Conclusion: Unepigraphic ReadingsReading at the Temple of Augustus in Ankara Once More An Archaeology of Reading Spolia: Breaking the Monolith Word and Image: Inscriptions and Statues Land, Men, and Gods Epigraphy: A New Direction Bibliography

Anna M. Sitz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universität Heidelberg.

A must read for anyone interested in the fate of pagan inscriptions in the Eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity. Sitz offers a rich and engaging study of the Christian transformation of the religio-/cityscapes, as she explores architects' re-appropriation and viewers' interaction with ancient inscriptions." - Julien Ogereau, University of Vienna, Austria

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Afterlives of Inscriptions Epigraphic Reincarnation at Megara Manufactured Violence Inscribed Sanctuaries Literacy in Late Antiquity Chapter Outline The Fine Print Chapter 2. The Use of Real or Imagined Inscriptions in Late Antique Literature The "Arch of Alexander" and the Ends of the Earth Writing the Past from Inscriptions Prophesying from Stone: Invented Oracles Plagiarizing for the Saints: The Life of Abercius Conclusion: The Literary Afterlives of Ancient Inscriptions Chapter 3. Preservation: Tolerating Temples and Their TextsTouring Temples Inscribed Text and Figural Imagery at Unconverted Temples Secular or Sacred? Imperial Documents on Temples of Uncertain Use Priests, Talking Columns, and Unreadable Texts at Christianized Temples Conclusion: Kings of the Past on Display Chapter 4. Spoliation: Integrating and Scrambling tions-Inscrip (T)reading the Past: Epigraphic Spolia Underfoot Constructing Churches with Inscribed Text Epigraphic Spolia Elsewhere Conclusion: Mixed Re-Views of Old Texts in New Buildings Chapter 5. Erasure: [[Damnatio Memoriae]] or Conscious Uncoupling? Unnaming the Gods Violence Against Statues Violence Against Inscriptions Selective Erasures Indiscriminate Erasure and Destruction Conclusion: Epigraphic Unnamings and a Fresh Start Chapter 6. Conclusion: Unepigraphic ReadingsReading at the Temple of Augustus in Ankara Once More An Archaeology of Reading Spolia: Breaking the Monolith Word and Image: Inscriptions and Statues Land, Men, and Gods Epigraphy: A New Direction Bibliography