The Roman Family in the Empire - Rome, Italy, and Beyond

Zusatztext ...rich food for thought Informationen zum Autor Michele George is Associate Professor of Classics, McMaster University. Klappentext This volume contains a series of articles that examine the Roman family in Italy and the empire using a wide range of evidence and considering a number of critical issues. Its focus on regional differences in family structure! forms of marriage! and kinship patterns make it the first publication to include targeted study of the family in the Roman provinces. The chapters cover Roman Egypt! Judaea! Spain! Gaul! North Africa! and Pannonia! and make use of both conventional textual sources and epigraphic evidence and material that is less frequently treated! including the medical writers and the Justinianic receipts. Zusammenfassung This volume contains a series of articles that examine the Roman family in Italy and the empire using a wide range of evidence and considering a number of critical issues. Its focus on regional differences in family structure, forms of marriage, and kinship patterns make it the first publication to include targeted study of the family in the Roman provinces. The chapters cover Roman Egypt, Judaea, Spain, Gaul, North Africa, and Pannonia, and make use of both conventional textual sources and epigraphic evidence and material that is less frequently treated, including the medical writers and the Justinianic receipts.

Product details

• Authors: Michele George
• Assisted by: Michele George (Editor), Michele (Associate Professor of Classics George (Editor), George Michele (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2005
• EAN: 9780199268412
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926841-2
• No. of pages: 378
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 223 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; Rom, Familie und Gesundheit, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, History - General History, Sociology: family & relationships, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Age groups: children, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Sociology: family and relationships