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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... especially illuminating on the difficulties which social conventions impose on a warm-hearted bride from a loving family. Roman women were caught up in a tension between the ideal of monogamous, affectionate and lifelong partnership and ...
... especially the commentaries on the correspondence and the Onomastica. I use his dates for individual letters. For ease of reference, Shackleton Bailey's number is given alongside the traditional number: thus 'A 1.5/1.7' directs the ...
... especially my sharp-eyed copy-editor, Philip Parr. Officers of the Museum of Scotland, English Heritage and the Ashmolean Museum responded with courteous efficiency to my requests for illustrations. I am especially indebted to Michael ...
... especially, judges, you ought to take care of Sicily, for many just reasons, first of all because Sicily was the first of all foreign nations to attach herself to the friendship and good faith of the Roman People. She first of all was ...
... especially fashionable for recreation, which included beach Figure 1.1 Luxury dinnerware: red Arretine bowl in moulded terracotta, which reflects styles in gold and silver, customs in dining and drinking and the association of wine with ...
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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