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"R©sultat de la conqu©®te puis de l'int©gration © l'empire de Rome, l'apparition et la diffusion des monuments fun©raires en pierre, inscrits ou sculpt©s, furent le signe de mutations dans la prise en charge des morts et de leur souvenir par les communaut©s de la province de Lyonnaise. Ils sont aussi r©v©lateurs des dynamiques et des transformations institutionnelles, sociales et religieuses qui ont touch© cette population. L'ouvrage propose ainsi une ©tude d'ensemble de ces tombeaux et ©pitaphes, dans trois directions: leur mat©rialit©, d'abord, par l'examen des principales formes monumentales; certaines c©r©monies dont ils furent le support ainsi que leur statut religieux et juridique ensuite; enfin, la mise en ©vidence des acteurs et des formes, visuelles ou discursives, de la comm©moration des d©funts. Par ce biais, il est possible de restituer © grands traits la diversit© du paysage fun©raire d'une province gauloise sous le Haut Empire romain. Funerary monuments in stone - whether sculpted or inscribed - emerged and spread in Gallia Lugdunensis as a result from the conquest and integration of this territo4 into the Roman Empire. They signal major changes in the way communities took care of the dead and pr©·served their memory. They also reflect the dynamics and transformations people living there experienced? bethey institutional, social or religious. This book offers a comprehensive study of these tombs and epitaphs, analysing three complementary dimensions: firstly, it considers their materiality, by examining their main monumental forms; secondly, it discusses their religious and legal statuses, as well as the ceremonies which took place around them; thirdly, it highlights the part played by the actors of the commemoration of the deceased, as well as ifs visual or discursive forms, thereby showing how diverse the funerary landscape of a Gallic province was under the Roman Empire."--Page 4 of cover.