Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History

ISBN-13: 9781316615010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Christian Laes

Opis

Explores in detail an important section of the population of the Roman world which has too often been neglected.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Conception, birth and the 'crucial' first days; 2. Mental and intellectual disabilities: sane or insane?; 3. Blindness: 'a fate worse than death'; 4. Deaf, mute and deaf-mute: a silent story; 5. Speech defects: stammering history; 6. Mobility impairments: history of pain and toil; Conclusions.