Dorian Borbonus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He studied classical archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Ph.D. in the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world. His research centers on the topography of Rome, on the development of Roman funerary culture, and on outsiders in Roman society. He is a contributing author of the mapping project Mapping Augustan Rome (JRA Supplement 50) and has published on the methodology of slavery studies and the social history of Roman freedmen.

• 1. Studying columbaria as a historical phenomenon; 2. Tradition and innovation in the architectural design of columbaria; 3. Making and breaking the rules: the use and evolution of columbaria; 4. Reading between the lines: the vocabulary of columbarium epitaphs; 5. Finding niches in society: the occupants.

'In this slim book on death, Borbonus brings the world of the columbarium tombs to life. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome has a great sense of place - Rome and Italy breathe through its narrative - and, with this, a very enlightening summation of the less read Italian contributions to the history of non-elite burial tombs.' H. Sigismund Nielsen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dorian Borbonus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He studied classical archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Ph.D. in the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world. His research centers on the topography of Rome, on the development of Roman funerary culture, and on outsiders in Roman society. He is a contributing author of the mapping project Mapping Augustan Rome (JRA Supplement 50) and has published on the methodology of slavery studies and the social history of Roman freedmen.

• 1. Studying columbaria as a historical phenomenon; 2. Tradition and innovation in the architectural design of columbaria; 3. Making and breaking the rules: the use and evolution of columbaria; 4. Reading between the lines: the vocabulary of columbarium epitaphs; 5. Finding niches in society: the occupants.

'In this slim book on death, Borbonus brings the world of the columbarium tombs to life. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome has a great sense of place - Rome and Italy breathe through its narrative - and, with this, a very enlightening summation of the less read Italian contributions to the history of non-elite burial tombs.' H. Sigismund Nielsen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dorian Borbonus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He studied classical archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Ph.D. in the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world. His research centers on the topography of Rome, on the development of Roman funerary culture, and on outsiders in Roman society. He is a contributing author of the mapping project Mapping Augustan Rome (JRA Supplement 50) and has published on the methodology of slavery studies and the social history of Roman freedmen.

• 1. Studying columbaria as a historical phenomenon; 2. Tradition and innovation in the architectural design of columbaria; 3. Making and breaking the rules: the use and evolution of columbaria; 4. Reading between the lines: the vocabulary of columbarium epitaphs; 5. Finding niches in society: the occupants.

'In this slim book on death, Borbonus brings the world of the columbarium tombs to life. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome has a great sense of place - Rome and Italy breathe through its narrative - and, with this, a very enlightening summation of the less read Italian contributions to the history of non-elite burial tombs.' H. Sigismund Nielsen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review