Everyday Violence
Abstract
This chapter calls attention to the violence of everyday life in the Roman world as the backdrop to the more extraordinary violence of war. Drawing specifically on archaeology, which is poorly equipped, it is argued, to reveal war violence but well situated to reveal the unusual volatility of living in the Roman world, it describes the ordinary upheavals of daily life. In particular, it examines the archaeological evidence for volatility in domestic circumstances, in how one made a living, and the physical trauma experienced by working bodies.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Sociology and Norbert Elias
Peace and Human Rights Education
Violence
Religion
and Philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 13–42
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026
- Document type
- Book chapter