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Author Rawson, Beryl.

Title Children and childhood in Roman Italy / Beryl Rawson.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 419 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-393) and indexes.
Contents pt. I. Representations of children in Roman Italy. Representations. -- pt. II. The life course. Welcoming a new child ; Rearing ; Ages and stages ; Education ; Relationships ; Public life ; Death, burial, and commemoration. -- Chronological guide.
Summary Images of children in Roman society abound: an infant's first bath, learning to walk, playing with pets and toys, going to school, and - all too often - dying prematurely. The child was prominent in private houses and public space in the teeming, cosmopolitan city of ancient Rome and other towns of Italy. Such a vivid picture does not recur until the twentieth century. This study builds on the dynamic work on the Roman family that has been developing in recent decades. Its focus on the period between the first century BCE and the early third century CE provides a context for new work being done on early Christian societies, especially in Rome. Concepts of childhood and the treatment of children are often used as a barometer of society's humanity, values, and priorities. Children and Childhood in Roman Italy argues that in Roman society children were, in principle and often in practice, welcome, valued and visible.
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Subject Children -- Rome -- History.
Children -- Rome -- Social conditions.
Rome -- Social life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Manners and customs.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Chronological Term 30 B.C.-284 A.D
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Children.
Other Form: Print version: Rawson, Beryl. Children and childhood in Roman Italy. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2004298116
ISBN 9780191514234 (electronic book)
0191514233 (electronic book)
0199240345 (Cloth)