Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome: A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions - Paperbackby Sandra R. Joshel (Author), William Bright (Author) In Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome, Sandra R. Joshel examines Roman commemorative inscriptions from the first and second centuries A. D. to determine ways in which slaves, freed slaves, and unprivileged freeborn citizens used work to frame their identities. The inscriptions indicate the significance of work as a source of community, a way to reframe the conditions of legal status, an