The Roman Family in Italy: Status, Sentiment, Space

by Beryl Rawson (Editor), Paul Weaver (Editor)

Overview

The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198152835
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/30/1999
Series:	OUP/Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University Series
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Australian National University

University of Tasmania (Emeritus)

Table of Contents

Introduction, Beryl Rawson & Paul WeaverRoman Kinship: Structure and Sentiment, Richard SallerLegal Stumbling-Blocks for Lower-Class Families in Rome, Jane GardnerChildren of Junian Latins, Paul WeaverRome and the Outside World: Senatorial Families and the World They Lived In, Werner EckSons, Slaves and Christians, Peter GarnseyOut of Sight, Out of Mind: Elderly Members of the Roman Family, Tim ParkinConflict in the Roman Family, Suzanne DixonInterpreting Epithets in Roman Epitaphs, Hanne S. NielsenThe Iconography of Roman Childhood, Beryl RawsonIconography: Another Perspective, Janet HuskinsonRoman Familial Structures: A Regional Approach, Paul Gallivan and Peter WilkinsPerceptions of Domestic Space in Roman Italy, Lisa NevettRepopulating the Roman House, Michele GeorgeArtefact Distribution and Spatial Function in Pompeian Houses, Penelope Allison

Editorial Reviews

"The series is now required reading for anyone interested in Roman social history, and many of these essays will be useful in advanced undergraduate courses in Roman civilization."—Classical World

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