Freedman in the Roman World

The first comprehensive study in over a century, covering all major aspects of the subject.

List of contents

1. Introduction: approaching Roman freedmen; 2. Macula servitutis: slavery, freedom and manumission; 3. Freedmen and their patrons; 4. The power and status of freedmen; 5. The practice of manumission at Rome; 6. The freedman in the Roman economy; 7. The freedman (and his son) in Roman public life; 8. Being a Roman freedman: the identity and experiences of former slaves.

About the author

Henrik Mouritsen is Professor of Roman History at King's College London. He has published widely on Roman history, including local politics, Pompeii and Ostia, freedmen, Latin epigraphy, Roman Italy, and Republican politics. His other books include Elections, Magistrates and Municipal Elite: Studies in Pompeian Epigraphy (1988), Italian Unification: A Study in Ancient and Modern Historiography (1998), and Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic (2001).

Summary

The first comprehensive study of Roman freedmen and women in over a century, covering all major aspects of the subject. These include manumission practices, legal status, the patronus-libertus relationship, freedmen's place in public life and the self-representation of freedmen and women through epigraphic and literary sources.

Product details

• Authors: Henrik Mouritsen, Henrik (King''s College London) Mouritsen, Mouritsen Henrik
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107519084
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51908-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory