Plautus and Roman slavery / / by Roberta L. Stewart
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| Autore: |
Stewart Roberta <1958->
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| Titolo: |
Plautus and Roman slavery / / by Roberta L. Stewart
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/620937 |
| Soggetto topico: | Slavery - Rome - History |
| Slavery in literature | |
| Slaves - Rome | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Plautus and Roman Slavery; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Human Property; 2: Enslavement, or "Seasoning" Slaves; 3: Violence, Private and Communal; 4: Release from Slavery; 5: The Problem of Action; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book studies a crucial phase in the history of Roman slavery, beginning with the transition to chattel slavery in the third century bce and ending with antiquity's first large-scale slave rebellion in the 130s bce. Slavery is a relationship of power, and to study slavery - and not simply masters or slaves - we need to see the interactions of individuals who speak to each other, a rare kind of evidence from the ancient world.Plautus' comedies could be our most reliable source for reconstructing the lives of slaves in ancient Rome. By reading literature alongside the historic |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plautus and roman slavery |
| ISBN: | 1-118-52414-4 |
| 1-280-58661-3 | |
| 9786613616449 | |
| 1-118-27409-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816115203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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