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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... praetor as an ancestor might help a man get the praetorship. The Romans had an aristocracy of office, recruited from those who had passed the test of being elected by an assembly of the People. There was competition between nobiles: not ...
... praetor in the Cinnan period, Gratidianus brought off a political coup which made him very popular with the common people: Cicero in the work on morals dedicated to his son deprecated the sharp practice but still stresses the fact that ...
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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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Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family Susan Treggiari Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2007 |