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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... represented are an upper-class man and a courtesan, upper-class women probably used such vessels, most often in gold or silver (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) 16 picnics, boating and swimming. Senators' wives and daughters participated.
... probably saw it differently. To them, the routine of the day and the uses to which the house was put were natural, and their lives flowed smoothly around the politician's schedule. The atrium, the main reception room, was the centre of ...
... probably twenty-five to thirty years. There must have been considerable local and social differences. Great cities, such as Rome itself, like early modern London, attracted new inhabitants and reduced their life expectancy. Infant ...
... probably often joint owners of stock, tools and any slave staff.13 Roman law was well developed by the late Republic and provided a flexible tool for people ready to exploit the opportunities of empire. Roman legal institutions ...
... probably as early as the period with which we are concerned, a marriage was created by bilateral agreement, the consent of the two partners and of their patres familiarum (if they existed). (No external ratification was required, as ...
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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