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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... Death and survival 143 12 Conclusions 155 Chronology 165 Ages 168 Glossary 170 Notes 172 Bibliography 205 Index of persons and Gods 214 General index 223 Illustrations Figures Frontispiece: Portrait of a young woman x 7.
... death over his children (rarely exercised), the power to send them into exile or marry them off or cause a divorce. The children owned no property in their own right: anything they acquired by gift, will or work belonged to him. But if ...
... death.28 Law and some customs pulled them apart: the separation of property, the division of spheres of responsibility (the house for the wife, the Forum for the husband), the availability of divorce, the mortality rate, the likelihood ...
... death in 91, Cicero came of age and studied law with Q. Mucius Scaevola, Crassus' father-in-law (cos. 117). 39 It is probably at this time that Cicero and Atticus were fellow-students, along with Q. Cicero, C. Varro (Cicero's cousin), C ...
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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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