Author : Anise K. Strong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1107148758
From streetwalkers in the Roman Forum to imperial concubines, Roman prostitutes defined what it meant to be a 'bad girl'.
Author : Sarah Levin-Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1108496873
Offers an in-depth exploration of the only assured brothel from the Greco-Roman world, illuminating the lives of both prostitutes and clients.
Author : Rebecca Langlands
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2006-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521859433
A 2006 study of Roman sexuality and sexual ethics focusing on the crucial and unsettled concept of pudicitia.
Author : Stephen Hinds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 1998-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521576772
The study of the deliberate allusion by one author to the words of a previous author has long been central to Latin philology. However, literary Romanists have been diffident about situating such work within the more spacious inquiries into intertextuality now current. This 1998 book represents an attempt to find (or recover) some space for the study of allusion - as a project of continuing vitality - within an excitingly enlarged universe of intertexts. It combines traditional classical approaches with modern literary-theoretical ways of thinking, and offers attentive close readings, innovative perspectives on literary history, and theoretical sophistication of argument. Like other volumes in the series it is among the most broadly conceived short books on Roman literature to be published in recent years.
Author : Matthew J. Perry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,70 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1107040310
This book explores the institution of manumission-the freeing of slaves-in ancient Rome from a gendered perspective. Rome was unique among ancient polities in that it bestowed freed slaves with full citizenship, granting them rights nearly equal to those of freeborn individuals. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen.
Author : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195142785
This text is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the 4th century BCE to the 5th century CE.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300230303
A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero--these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors' line to continue. Eminent scholar Guy de la Bédoyère, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes--including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina--were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bédoyère draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome.
Author : Harriet I. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1107032245
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
Author : Bruce W. Winter
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802849717
During the late Republic and early Empire, the new woman' made her appearance. This was a wife or widow of means who took part in life outside the walls of her house, including wider society, business and extra-marital affairs.
Author : Lynn Cohick
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441207996
Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes black-and-white illustrations from the ancient world.
