Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's FamilyRoutledge, 7 aug 2007 - 256 pagina's Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have only survived as secondary figures to Cicero. In a field where little is really known about Cicero’s family, Susan Treggiari creates a history for these figures who, through history, have not had voices of their own, and a vivid impression of the everyday life upper-class Roman women in Italy had during the heyday of Roman power. Artfully assembling a rounded picture of their personalities and experiences, Treggiari reconstructs the lives of these three important women:
Including illustrations, chronological charts, maps and glossaries, this book is essential reading for students wishing to get better acquainted with the women of ancient Rome. |
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... Senate Cicero De Republica/On the Republic Syme (1979–91) sub/under salutation (heading of a letter) Sallust Catiline Red. Pop. Red. Sen. Rep. RP s. Sen. Suas. Elder Seneca Suasoriae Ser. Servius Sest. SHA Sid. sal. Sall. Cat. Sall. Jug ...
... senators and their families were at the vertiginous peak of a social pyramid, formed of tens of millions of inhabitants of the Roman Empire and a million in Rome itself. 1 People born into the upper classes, when Rome ruled all of the ...
... senators and equites. Beneath them was the populus Romanus or the Roman plebs, the common people, as a whole. Senate. and. equites. If you wanted to find out if a man was.
... senators or belong to wealthy families which had not yet achieved senatorial rank. These, the pool from which the Senate was drawn, were from 70 onwards known as equites, cavalrymen (though their connection with cavalry was historical ...
... senators. A man whose uncle or elder brother had advanced from the equestrian order to the Senate would still count as a new man if he too attempted to enter the Senate. So would one whose mother was descended from a long line of ...
Inhoudsopgave
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xxiv | |
the young wife 30 | xlii |
Living through disaster 56 | lxix |
Restoration 71 | lxxxv |
Finding the right man 83 | xcviii |
Public and private quarrels 100 | cxv |
Three divorces a wedding a funeral and a baby 118 | cxxxiv |
Death and survival 143 | clx |
Chronology 165 | clxxxii |
Bibliography 205 | 59 |
Index of persons and Gods 214 | 62 |
General index 223 | 171 |
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