ISBN:
1-009-43855-7
,
1-009-43858-1
,
1-009-43854-9
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (308 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
DDC:
306.3620937
Keywords:
Freed persons Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Freed persons Social conditions.
Abstract:
How were freed people represented in the Roman world? This volume presents new research about the integration of freed persons into Roman society. It addresses the challenge of studying Roman freed persons on the basis of highly fragmentary sources whose contents have been fundamentally shaped by the forces of domination. Even though freed persons were defined through a common legal status and shared the experience of enslavement and manumission, many different interactions could derive from these commonalities in different periods and localities across the empire. Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides cases studies that test the various ways in which juridical categories and normative discourses shaped the social and cultural landscape in which freed people lived. By approaching the literary and epigraphic representations of freed persons in new ways, it nuances the impact of power asymmetries and social strategies on the cultural practices and lived experiences of freed persons.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Table -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographical Note -- Introduction: Freed Persons in the Roman World: Status, Diversity, and Representation -- Freed Persons in Law and Social Thought -- Social Experiences of Freed Persons -- The Representation of Freed Persons -- Methodological Approaches and Contributions -- Chapter Summaries -- References -- 1 Permissu decurionum: Freed Persons and Burial Management in the Collective Tomb of the Volusii -- Introduction -- Monumentum Volusiorum: The Monument and Its History -- Burial Management in the Monumentum Volusiorum -- The Significance of Burial Management for Freed Persons -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Freed Public Slaves in Roman Italy and the Western Provinces: Legal Status and Social Integration -- Introduction -- 1 The Legal Status of Freed Public Slaves -- 2 Some Notes on Freed Public Slaves in the Urban Societies -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Fitting in by Decree: Freed Slaves, Euergetism, and Local Politics -- Introduction -- Caius Titius Chresimus of Suessa Aurunca (Campania) -- Lucius Vitrasius Silvester of Cales (Campania) -- Cnaeus Pompeius Euphrosynus of Puteoli -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Doubling Up: Patronal and Familial Designations on Epitaphs -- The i(s)dem Formula -- Patterns: Relationships Linked by i(s)dem -- Conclusion: libertus as Relational Title -- References -- 5 The Cost of Ingratitude: Freed Persons, Patrons, and Re-enslavement -- The Case for Rejecting a Legal Action on Ingratitude (Seneca's Take) -- The Case for Rejecting an Action on Ingratitude (Tacitus' Take) -- A iudex or an Arbiter? Equity and Legal Procedure -- References -- 6 Between Moral Slavery and Legal Freedom: Freed People and Aristocratic Behavior in Neronian Literature.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Slavery and the Principate: A View From the Reign of Nero -- Freed People Between Moral Slavery and Legal Freedom -- Freed People and Moral Criticism of Aristocratic Behavior -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Framing the Freed Person: (De)contextualizing the Representation of Freed People's Voices in the Literary Record -- Freed People's Literary Works -- Tiro's ''Voice'' in Cicero's Correspondence -- Freed Persons' ''Voices'' in Tacitus' Historical Works -- Timarchides' Letter in Cicero's Verrines -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Novel Evidence for Ancient Freed People: Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesiaca and the Cena Trimalchionis -- Introduction -- Sympathy for Slaves in Ephesiaca -- Sympathy for Freed Persons -- Ephesiaca and the Cena Trimalchionis -- References -- 9 The Affects of Manumission: Racial Melancholy and Roman Freed Persons -- I Prolegomena: Why Racial Melancholy? -- II Petronius and Racial Melancholy -- III Melancholic Futures -- References -- General Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 May 2024).
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