The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity

Abstract

I would like to extend thanks to The Roman Society for their generous grant via the Hugh Last Fund in support of the costs of the illustrative material reproduced in this book. Also to Lloyd Bosworth for kindly advising on the artefact drawings. My thanks also go to the anonymous peer reviewers and my examiners Professors Antony Eastmond and Catherine Richardson, for their insightful comments and recommendations for the process of turning my thesis into a coherent manuscript. Also Michael Mulryan for his editing skills, and Nikos Karydis, Gavin Osbourne, Anne Stutchbury, Joe Williams, and Faith Morgan for their comments, suggestions and support throughout the entirety of this work. In particular, I wish to sincerely thank Professor Liz James for her valuable advice ever since first introducing me to the material culture of Late Antiquity. Finally, I am deeply grateful to all my friends and family who have forced food, drink, and company upon me as and when necessary, with patience and humour-if you are reading this, you know who you are. This book is dedicated to my dad Peter.