The Roman Household: A Sourcebook

ISBN-13: 9781138834934 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 224 str.

Jane F. Gardner; Thomas E. J. Wiedemann

Opis

With the help of a wide variety of source material, particularly legal documents and inscriptions, some of it made available for the first time in English, this book illustrates the activities associated with the household, demonstrating the different and frequently conflicting roles and moral values expected from its various members: male and female, old and young, freedman and slave.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 COMPOSITION AND DEFINITION; Chapter 2 THE HOUSEHOLD AS FOCUS OF EMOTION; Chapter 3 IDEALS AND ANXIETIES; Chapter 4 THE ECONOMICS OF THE ROMAN HOUSEHOLD; Chapter 5 THE LIFE-CYCLE; Chapter 6 INHERITANCE; Chapter 7 MANUMISSION AND FREEDMEN; Chapter 8 BEYOND THE HOUSEHOLD: PATRONAGE AND FRIENDSHIP;INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

O autorze

Gardner, Jane F.; Wiedemann, Thomas