| The Roman Household: A Sourcebook Contributor(s): Gardner, Jane F. (Author), Wiedemann, Thomas E. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415044227 ISBN-13: 9780415044226 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1991 Annotation: The household (domus) was the basic unit of Roman society. This sourcebook offers insight into the different and often conflicting roles and mores of household members -- male and female, old and young, free and slave -- as it illustrates the activities associated with the home and Roman perceptions of its place in society. Newly translated excerpts -- some of which are available in English for the first time -- are taken from a wide range of Latin and Greek prose literature, ethical and agricultural handbooks and codes, legal texts, inscriptions, and other epigraphical material from the second century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Taken together, they constitute an indispensable resource for the study of Roman domestic and social history, providing an intimate glimpse inside the Roman home. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 90008691 |
| Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.1" W x 7.96" (0.66 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |