Valerie M Hope is Lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at the Open University. Her main research interest is Roman social history, focusing on Roman funerary customs and funerary monuments. Her previous publications include Constructing Identity: The Roman Funerary Monuments of Aquileia, Mainz and Nimes (2001) and Death and disease in the Ancient City (2000)

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• Introduction  1. Death and Dying  2. Grief, Sorrow and Mourning  3. Funerals  4. Wills  5.  The Cemetery  6.  Afterlife, Souls and Spirits