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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... took to violence) were no doubt mixed, including slaves, freed slaves, day-labourers, craftsmen and shopkeepers, foreigners and citizens. It was hard for the observer to tell which was which, but if the shops were shut for the day it ...
... took on the burden of defence and security. Tribute was exacted. Wealth flowed to Rome: loot, tax-collectors' profits, gifts, slaves and economic migrants. Trade preceded and accompanied the armies. New luxuries became fashionable, then ...
... took over Rome in civil war. Marius held his seventh consulship, but died that year (86). Enemies were killed and their heads displayed on the speakers' platform. They included the great orator M. Antonius.36 Sulla, theoretically ...
... took the 'clan' name in the feminine: Terentia, Tullia, Publilia, Maria, Pomponia and so on. Upper-class men in the late second and early first centuries often had a third name, the cognomen, which might be passed from father to son ...
... took the precaution of sending his young son to dine elsewhere. The dinnerparty rapidly turned into a drinking session and Rubrius suggested that Philodamus should invite his daughter to join them. Philodamus, much shocked, replied that ...
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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