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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Originally entitled Jeugd in het Romeinse Rijk. originally published: Leuven : Davidsfonds, 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Non-Literary sources; Literary works; Chapter 1 Questioning the concept of youth; 1.1 A problem of definition; 1.2 Mead in Samoa; 1.3 Ariès, Shorter, and Stone: in search of change in history; 1.4 Philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists on the invention of youth; 1.5 Ancient history and the controversy over youth: Eyben versus Pleket and Kleijwegt; 1.6 New challenges for ancient historians. |
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Chapter 2 Minority, majority: youth, divisions of the human life cycle, and Roman law2.1 Youth and the division of the life cycle; 2.2 Roman law; 2.3 Ages in practice; Chapter 3 Terminology and characteristics of youth; 3.1 Terminology; 3.2 Characteristics of youths and adolescents; Chapter 4 Rites of passage; 4.1 In the Greek East; 4.2 In Rome and the Latin West; Chapter 5 Youth and ancient medicine; 5.1 Medical observations concerning young people: similarities and differences; 5.2 Sickness in teenagers: some examples; 5.3 Excursus: Aristotle on puberty. |
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Chapter 6 Youth and education: the rhetor and 'university'6.1 The schooling system in the Roman Empire; 6.2 Higher education in the Greek East; 6.3 Higher education in Rome and the Latin West; 6.4 Instruction provided by the rhetor; 6.5 Students' lives at 'university'; 6.6 The instruction of girls; 6.7 Excursus: Ovid's education; Chapter 7 Associations of adolescent youths; 7.1 Greek ephebes; 7.2 Excursus: the honorary decree for Menas of Sestus; 7.3 Roman iuvenes; 7.4 Concluding remarks; Chapter 8 Youthful behaviour; 8.1 'Restlessness'; 8.2 Conflict; 8.3 Excursus: letter of Marcus Cicero Jr. |
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Chapter 9 Youths in public office9.1 Youths in central government: senators and equestrians; 9.2 Youths in municipal office; In the Greek East; In the Latin West; 9.3 Concluding remarks; Chapter 10 Occupational training; 10.1 Physicians and jurists in East and West; In the Greek East; In the Latin West; 10.2 Other occupations; 10.3 Excursus: the schooling of the physician Galen; Chapter 11 Marriage; 11.1 Roman marriage as an institution; 11.2 Age at first marriage; 11.3 Wedding ceremonies; In the Latin West; In the Greek East; 11.4 What did it mean to contract a marriage? |
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11.5 Marriage as the end of youth for boys?11.6 Girls and marriage: a history of submission?; Chapter 12 Youth and Christianity: continuity or change?; 12.1 Early Christians: a young church?; 12.2 Young office-holders within the church; 12.3 Young people and sexuality; 12.4 Excursus: a real-life case of early Christian youth: the Vita Severi; Chapter 13 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Dutch. |
| Subject |
Youth -- Rome -- History.
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Youth -- Rome -- Social conditions.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. |
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Youth. |
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Youth -- Social conditions. |
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Rome (Empire) |
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Jugend. |
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Sozialgeschichte. |
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Römisches Reich. |
| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-284 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Youth. |
| Added Author |
Strubbe, J. H. M.
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| Added Title |
Jeugd in het Romeinse Rijk. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013071126
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laes, Christian. Jeugd in het Romeinse Rijk. English. Youth in the Roman empire 9781107048881 (DLC) 2013048048 (OCoLC)862100542 |
| ISBN |
9781139871143 (electronic book) |
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1139871145 (electronic book) |
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9781107270121 (electronic book) |
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110727012X (electronic book) |
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9781139863285 |
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1139863282 |
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9781107048881 |
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1107048885 |
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9781139865425 |
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1139865420 |
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