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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... stay out of the city through the worst of the summer heat, were more likely to enjoy a long life than the working class. 2 Even their domestic slaves had healthier lives than the poor citizens. We are under-informed (even for the upper ...
... staying indoors and spinning wool (occupations which symbolised chastity): a woman should be domiseda and lanifica. If she did have to go out, she should be modestly dressed, chaperoned and attended by servants and have a specific and ...
... stay longer. A certain Rubrius reported that there was Philodamus, a man of birth, honour, wealth and reputation, whose daughter lived with her father because she was unmarried, a woman of outstanding beauty but also of integrity and ...
... staying were only defused by the intervention of the Roman businessmen resident in the town. In all this, Cicero, while underlining the difference between Greek and Roman dining customs, insists on the value both Greeks and Romans put ...
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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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