The Roman Household

by Gardner,Jane F.

• ISBN13: 9780415044226
• ISBN10: 0415044227
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1991-04-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiv
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Composition and Definition	p. 1
Note	p. 17
Note	p. 20
The Household as Focus of Emotion	p. 30
Ideals and Anxieties	p. 46
Note	p. 61
The Economics of the Roman Household	p. 68
Note	p. 70
Note	p. 81
Notes	p. 85
The Life-Cycle	p. 86
Note	p. 103
Inheritance	p. 117
Note	p. 131
Notes	p. 139
Manumission and Freedmen	p. 144
Beyond the Household: Patronage and Friendship	p. 166
Index of Passages Cited	p. 184
Select Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 203
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