ISBN:
9780415749664
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (246 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Parallel Title:
Print version Adults and Children in the Roman Empire (Routledge Revivals)
DDC:
305.23/0937
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
There is little evidence to enable us to reconstruct what it felt like to be a child in the Roman world. We do, however, have ample evidence about the feelings and expectations that adults had for children over the centuries between the end of the Roman republic and late antiquity.Thomas Wiedemann draws on this evidence to describe a range of attitudes towards children in the classical period, identifying three areas where greater individuality was assigned to children: through political office-holding; through education; and, for Christians, through membership of the Church in baptism. These
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 THE CHILD IN THE CLASSICAL CITY; 2 IMPERIAL CHILDREN IN BIOGRAPHY AND PANEGYRIC; 3 THE EVIDENCE OF PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN LETTERS; 4 CITIZENSHIP AND OFFICE HOLDING; 5 LEARNING FOR ADULT LIFE; 6 EQUAL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
