The Roman family in the empire [[electronic resource] ] : Rome, Italy, and beyond / / edited by Michele George

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (379 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.85/0937
• Soggetto topico: Families - Rome
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GeorgeMichele
• Note generali: "Most papers in this volume were given at the Fourth E.T. Salmon Conference in Roman Studies held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, in September 2001"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-353) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Putting the family across : Cicero on natural affection / Susan Treggiari -- Family imagery and family values in Roman Italy / Michele George -- The Roman child in sickness and in health / Keith Bradley -- Parent-child conflict in the Roman family : the evidence of the Code of Justinian / Judith Evans Grubbs -- Searching for the Romano-Egyptian family / Richard Alston -- The Jewish family in Judaea from Pompey to Hadrian--the limits of romanization / Margaret Williams -- Family relations in Roman Lusitania : social change in a Roman province? / Jonathan Edmondson -- Family history in the Roman north-west / Greg Woolf -- Family and kinship in Roman Africa / Mireille Corbier -- Children and parents on the tombstones of Pannonia / Mary T. Boatwright.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first book on Roman family life to include studies of the family in the Roman provinces. Subjects treated include family values, the relationship between parents and children, family tensions, marriage patterns, and family commemorations on tombstones. The authors use a variety of ancient evidence and different methodologies to reach their conclusions about Roman influence on provincial culture. - ;This volume contains a series of articles that examine the Roman family in Italy and the empire using a wide range of evidence and considering a number of critical issues. Its focus on r
• Titolo autorizzato: The Roman family in the empire
• ISBN: 0-19-170858-5; 1-280-75763-9; 0-19-151495-0; 1-4237-8670-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996197690303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno