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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... husband and eventually ex-husband of one and the devoted 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 ...
... provided the practical help I needed. For support of all kinds, without which writing would be impossible, I thank, as ever, my husband, Arnaldo Treggiari. Abbreviations A Cicero Letters to Atticus A. Aulus Acad. Cicero.
... husband's second wife, Publilia, who was young enough to be her granddaughter, were born into wealth, position and ... husbands, and since Terentia and Tullia at least were deeply involved in their husbands' politics, the context in ...
... husband. But people would know whether a woman was the daughter of a senator or an eques, whether she was patrician, what was the status of her husband, and these things would count. Upperclass married women might meet in a formal group ...
... husband and small daughter.17 We hear little of women's direct ownership of houses and villas, but that may be partly due to the bias of our sources, for they must sometimes have inherited them from fathers or husbands.18 Partly, too ...
Inhoudsopgave
i | |
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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