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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... father of the other. Many of the later references derive from him too. Only occasionally do we know what other contemporary men said or wrote of them. They are, however, the only Roman women of the classical period adequately documented ...
... father's political promotion and who might influence his decisions and act as intermediaries between him and husbands' families. Rome,. Italy,. the. Empire. The Romans traced their origins to villages on the hills at the lowest crossing of ...
... father were Roman, then the marriage was valid in Roman law and the children acquired his citizenship. Second, a child born to a Roman woman not validly married in Roman law acquired her citizenship according to ius gentium, the law ...
... father was an eques and descended from equites. Senators and equites went to dinner at each other's houses, invested in land, had similar cultural interests and education, served side-by-side on the councils of Italian towns. A man like ...
... fathers or husbands.18 Partly, too, it may be because women did not need to boost their status in this way: they might prefer investment properties and portable wealth, such as jewels, which they could enjoy while their husbands ...
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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Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family Susan Treggiari Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2007 |