The Roman Household - A Sourcebook

With the help of a wide variety of source material, particularly legal documents and inscriptions, some of it made available for the first time in English, this book illustrates the activities associated with the household, demonstrating the different and frequently conflicting roles and moral values expected from its various members: male and female, old and young, freedman and slave.

List of contents

Chapter 1 COMPOSITION AND DEFINITION; Chapter 2 THE HOUSEHOLD AS FOCUS OF EMOTION; Chapter 3 IDEALS AND ANXIETIES; Chapter 4 THE ECONOMICS OF THE ROMAN HOUSEHOLD; Chapter 5 THE LIFE-CYCLE; Chapter 6 INHERITANCE; Chapter 7 MANUMISSION AND FREEDMEN; Chapter 8 BEYOND THE HOUSEHOLD: PATRONAGE AND FRIENDSHIP;INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

About the author

Gardner, Jane F.; Wiedemann, Thomas

Summary

This sourcebook illustrates the activities associated with the household, and Roman perceptions of its role and position within the wider social and economic fabric.

Product details

• Authors: Jane F Gardner, Jane F. Gardner, Thomas Wiedemann, Thomas E J Wiedemann
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.1991
• EAN: 9780415044226
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04422-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity