Roman Household A Sourcebook

Name: Roman Household A Sourcebook
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ISBN: 9780415044226

ISBN-10: 0415044227

ISBN-13: 9780415044226

Edition: 1991

Authors: Jane F. Gardner, Thomas Wiedemann

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The household (domus) was the basic unit of Roman society. This sourcebook offers insight into the different and often conflicting roles and mores of household members -- male and female, old and young, free and slave -- as it illustrates the activities associated with the home and Roman perceptions of its place in society. Newly translated excerpts -- some of which are available in English for the first time -- are taken from a wide range of Latin and Greek prose literature, ethical and agricultural handbooks and codes, legal texts, inscriptions, and other epigraphical material from the second century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Taken together, they constitute an indispensable resource…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/12/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction


List of Abbreviations



Composition and Definition


Note


Note



The Household as Focus of Emotion



Ideals and Anxieties


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The Economics of the Roman Household


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Notes



The Life-Cycle


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Inheritance


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Notes



Manumission and Freedmen



Beyond the Household: Patronage and Friendship


Index of Passages Cited


Select Bibliography


Index