Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume highlights the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of Ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - 200AD, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and...