Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration

Larsen, Matthew D.C./ Letteney, Mark

University of California Press（2025/08発売）

University of California Press（2025/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 258 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520387225
• DDC分類 365.937

Full Description

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This book examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prisons were integral to the social, political, and economic fabric of ancient societies. Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration traces a long history of carceral practices, considering ways in which the institution of prison has been fundamentally intertwined with issues of class, ethnicity, gender, and imperialism. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of the imprisoned, Larsen and Letteney demonstrate the extraordinary durability of carceral structures across time and call for a new historical consciousness around contemporary practices of incarceration.

Contents

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
 
Introduction
 
PART ONE. IDEALS AND SPACES
1. Incarceration and the Law
2. Spaces of Incarceration
 
PART TWO. EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS
3. Experiences of Incarceration
4. Ancient Mediterranean Prison Societies
5. Prison Management
 
Afterword: The Prison's Antiquity
                  Wendy Warren
Acknowledgments
References
Source Index
Subject Index