Mary Harlow

This book examines modern debates and controversies that have made up the history of the Roman family. What did it feel like to be a member of a Roman family? How different was it being a daughter rather than a son, a husband rather than a wife? What role did grandparents play in the family? Did children matter? How did experiences differ among various classes and geographical areas of the Roman empire over time, especially with the advent of Christianity? Looking at written texts (literary, epigraphical; and papyrological) and archaeological evidence (ranging from household items to house plans), this book examines the interactions of ideals and social realities, and the issues and controversies that surround the history of the family. It will show both students and teachers the nature of modern debates and enable them to assess the ancient evidence first hand. It offers a wide range of sources including literary, archaeological, artistic, legal, documentary, coins and inscriptions. It gathers key texts in one place. It presents useful tools such as glossary, bibliography and questions for consideration. There are guides to further reading and web resources to encourage research.

This book examines modern debates and controversies that have made up the history of the Roman family. What did it feel like to be a member of a Roman family? How different was it being a daughter rather than a son, a husband rather than a wife? What role did grandparents play in the family? Did children matter? How did experiences differ among various classes and geographical areas of the Roman empire over time, especially with the advent of Christianity? Looking at written texts (literary, epigraphical; and papyrological) and archaeological evidence (ranging from household items to house plans), this book examines the interactions of ideals and social realities, and the issues and controversies that surround the history of the family. It will show both students and teachers the nature of modern debates and enable them to assess the ancient evidence first hand. It offers a wide range of sources including literary, archaeological, artistic, legal, documentary, coins and inscriptions. It gathers key texts in one place. It presents useful tools such as glossary, bibliography and questions for consideration. There are guides to further reading and web resources to encourage research.

The recent renaissance of interest in the history of dress and its cultural importance is celebrated in this collection of interdisciplinary essays. The sixteen contributors present on-going research into the study of the clothed body in ancient Egypt and the Aegean, Classical Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity. Through literary and artistic evidence and film, they discuss how dress articulates and defines an individual within his or her given society, at the same time highlighting common themes in scholarship, methodological differences between disciplines and periods, as well as contrasting definitions of what constitutes the clothed body. Essays discussing Aegean Bronze Age fashions, costume design in filmed biblical epics, clothing in Aristophanic comedy, Greek and Roman female undergarments, the symbolism of the Roman toga, and the spectacle of images of Byzantine dress, are just some of the diverse subjects covered in this study.

Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - AD200, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and old age. They explore how both the individual and society were involved in, and reacted to, these different stages, in terms of gender, wealth and status, and personal choice and empowerment.

Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - AD200, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and old age. They explore how both the individual and society were involved in, and reacted to, these different stages, in terms of gender, wealth and status, and personal choice and empowerment.