Birthing Romans
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Birthing Romans
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Author : Anna Bonnell Freidin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-21
Birthing Romans written by Anna Bonnell Freidin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with History categories.
""Here I lie, a matron... I was wife to Fortunatus, my father was Veturius. Unlucky woman, born twenty-seven years ago and married for sixteen - one bed, one marriage - I died after six births, just one child remains." This epitaph of a Roman woman named Veturia, who died in the 3rd century BCE, starkly captures the relentless cycle of birthing, rearing, and burying children that defined the lives of ancient Mediterranean women. In this book, Anna Bonnell Freidin asks: how would Veturia and her family have understood such losses, child after child? What kinds of strategies might she have employed to protect herself and her infants, to equip them for better futures? How would she, her family, and any caretakers have worked to mitigate the dangers of pregnancy and birth? Put more generally, how did Romans approach the risks of childbearing? Freidin demonstrates how the perceptions of these fears and risks not only affected the ways individuals cared for their bodies, but also influenced Roman culture on a much greater scale. Freidin explores this against the backdrop of the Julian laws, which were introduced in 18BC by Rome's first emperor, Augustus, and were meant to guard against the perceived risk that women - and elites generally - might avoid childbearing. They formed part of an ideology of family values, central to imperial messaging for the next three hundred years. From elite medical treatments to birth charms to metaphorical language used by ancient authors to describe birth, Freidin marshals a wide range of evidence and theoretical frameworks to explore both the construction and distribution of risk in a deeply patriarchal, imperialist culture, one in which an ideology of fertility and control confronted the unpredictability of the environment and which, in turn, shaped Roman views of risk as they expanded their empire. Mistakes, misfortunes, and interventions in the reproductive process were seen to have far-reaching consequences, reverberating for generations, altering the course of people's lives, their family history, and even the fate of an empire"--
Augustus And The Family At The Birth Of The Roman Empire
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Author : Beth Severy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-02-24
Augustus And The Family At The Birth Of The Roman Empire written by Beth Severy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-24 with Family & Relationships categories.
In this lively and detailed study, Beth Severy examines the relationship between the emergence of the Roman Empire and the status and role of this family in Roman society. The family is placed within the social and historical context of the transition from republic to empire, from Augustus' rise to sole power into the early reign of his successor Tiberius. Augustus and the Family at the Birth of the Roman Empire is an outstanding example of how, if we examine "private" issues such as those of family and gender, we gain a greater understanding of "public" concerns such as politics, religion and history. Discussing evidence from sculpture to cults and from monuments to military history, the book pursues the changing lines between public and private, family and state that gave shape to the Roman imperial system.
Barbarians And Romans
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Author : Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Barbarians And Romans written by Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Europe categories.
The Romans
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Author : Antony Kamm
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-07-09
The Romans written by Antony Kamm and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-09 with History categories.
A concise but wide-ranging introduction to the civilization of ancient Rome. Covers 1200 years of history; religion and social life; literature, art, architecture and technology; extracts from key contemporary authors, and includes maps.
Becoming A Woman And Mother In Greco Roman Egypt
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Author : Ada Nifosi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-01-30
Becoming A Woman And Mother In Greco Roman Egypt written by Ada Nifosi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-30 with History categories.
How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women’s bodies and how did it acknowledge women’s reproductive functions? Detailing women’s lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.
The Birth Of Rome
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Author : Laura Orvieto
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-12-01
The Birth Of Rome written by Laura Orvieto and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Fiction categories.
A mythical history of the beginnings of Rome, written for children by Laura Orvieto (1876-1953).
Daily Life Of Women In Ancient Rome
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Author : Sara Elise Phang
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2022-03-22
Daily Life Of Women In Ancient Rome written by Sara Elise Phang and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-22 with History categories.
This book provides an invaluable introduction to the social, economic, and legal status of women in ancient Rome. Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome is an invaluable introduction to the lives of women in the late Roman Republic and first three centuries of the Roman Empire. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it examines how Roman women were born, educated, married, and active in economic, social, public, and religious life, as well as how they were commemorated and honored after death. Though they were excluded from formal public and military offices, wealthy Roman women participated in public life as benefactors and in religious life as priestesses. The book also acknowledges the status and occupations of women taking part in public life as textile producers, retail workers, and agricultural laborers, as well as enslaved women. The book provides a thorough introduction to the social history of women in the Roman world and gives students and aspiring scholars references to current scholarship and to primary literary and documentary sources, including collected sources in translation.
Conception Birth And Infancy In Ancient Rome And Modern Italy
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Author : Walton Brooks McDaniel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Conception Birth And Infancy In Ancient Rome And Modern Italy written by Walton Brooks McDaniel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Birth categories.
Romans
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Author : Anita Ganeri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Romans written by Anita Ganeri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Civilization, Western categories.
Presents an overview of the civilization of Ancient Rome and discusses its impact on Western society.
Childhood Class And Kin In The Roman World
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Author : Suzanne Dixon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-19
Childhood Class And Kin In The Roman World written by Suzanne Dixon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-19 with History categories.
It can be difficult to hear the voices of Roman children, women and slaves, given that most surviving texts of the period are by elite adult men. This volume redresses the balance. An international collection of expert contributors go beyond the usual canon of literary texts, and assess a vast range of evidence - inscriptions, burial data, domestic architecture, sculpture and the law, as well as Christian and dream-interpretation literature. Topics covered include: * child exposure and abandonment * children in imperial propaganda * reconstructing lower-class families * gender, burial and status * epitaphs and funerary monuments * adoption and late parenthood. The result is an up-to-date survey of some of the most exciting avenues currently being explored in Roman social history.