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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... important women. It artfully assembles a rounded account of their personalities and experiences through the accumulation of references in Cicero's nine hundred personal letters, and with a study of ancient Rome during the years of ...
... important figures in need of historical study and advancing current scholarship on women of the past. Although there is a growing body of excellent scholarship on the lives and roles of women in the ancient world, much work remains ...
... important events or circumstances is guesswork. It is impossible to produce a detailed account of all stages of their lives or a rounded portrayal of character. In attempting to write their lives, I have fallen between two stools. I ...
... important as an assertion of their taste and liberality. Standards of living had been rising for some time, thanks to imperial expansion. Luxury meant fine cuisine, wine, scent and spices, rich fabrics and dyes, furniture, specialised ...
... important of the domestic staff were normally based.20 It was the domicile to which important messages would be sent, the place to which clients would come for the formal morning-call (salutatio). It would need spacious reception-rooms ...
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 |