The Roman Family in Italy Status, Sentiment, Space |
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| Editor:
| Rawson, Beryl
Weaver, Paul |
| Series title: | OUP/Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815283-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.
The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.