Hope Valerie M., Marshall Eireann. Death and Disease in the Ancient City

Routledge, 2000. — 208 p.This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.Dr 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.
Dr Eireann Marshall is a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer with the Open University as well as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. She has published a number of articles on Ancient North Africa, and co-edited volume on Women’s influence on Classical Civilisation.