Families in the Greco-Roman World

Zusammenfassung The family has been recognised in the ancient world as the key social institution on which both society and the state are based. This title offers approaches to the study of the family in antiquity. It also includes approaches to social institutions, depictions of women and children, the Seleucid dynasty as a negative model of family, and more.

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• Authors: Ray Laurence, Agneta Stromberg, Agneta Laurence Stromberg
• Assisted by: Ray Laurence (Editor), Agneta Stromberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781441139276
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-3927-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: The Family in Antiquity; The Family in Antiquity
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories