Youth in the Roman Empire - The Young and the Restless Years?

This book examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.

List of contents

1. Questioning the concept of youth; 2. Minority, majority: youth, divisions of the human life course and Roman law; 3. Terminology and characteristics of youth; 4. Rites of transition; 5. Youth and ancient medicine; 6. Youth and education: the rhetor and 'university'; 7. Associations of adolescent youths; 8. Youthful behaviour; 9. Youths in public offices; 10. Occupational training; 11. Marriage; 12. Youth and Christianity: continuity or change?; Conclusion.

About the author

Christian Laes is Associate Professor of Latin and Ancient History at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Antwerp. He has published five monographs and over fifty international contributions on social history, especially the human life course in Roman antiquity. Childhood, youth, old age, marriage and sexuality as well as disabilities are the main focuses of his scholarly work. His book Children in the Roman Empire was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.Johan Strubbe was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands. In his research he has focused on the Greek epigraphy of Asia Minor, and published many articles on social and economic subjects; he has also published two corpora of Greek inscriptions. His second long-standing interest is in children and youth in ancient society and he has published several articles, for example on consolation decrees for youngsters and on public offices held by young people.

Summary

Historians of antiquity and others interested in youth, adolescence or family life in the past have debated whether youth in the Roman Empire differed from that of our time. This book examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Laes, Christian (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Laes, Christian (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Strub Laes, Laes Christian, Johan Strubbe, Johan (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden Strubbe, Strubbe Johan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107626720
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62672-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Social & cultural history, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Population & demography, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory