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Title

The Oxford handbook of social relations in the Roman world / edited by Michael Peachin.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

Peachin, Michael, 1954-

Description

xvi, 738 pages : illustrations, plans; 26 cm.

Summary

• "The study of ancient Roman society blossomed in the 1970s. By now, we possess a very large literature on the individuals and groups that constituted the Roman community, and the various ways in which members of that community interacted. There is, however, no overview that takes into account the multifarious progress that has been made in the past thirty or forty years. The purpose of this handbook is twofold. On the one hand, it synthesizes what has heretofore been accomplished in this field. On the other hand, it attempts to configure the examination of Roman social relations in some new ways, and thereby indicates directions in which the discipline might proceed."--Jacket.
• "The book opens with a general introduction that portrays the current state of the field, provides the background necessary for the following chapters, and then indicates some potential avenues for further study. A second introductory essay explains the chronological parameters of the handbook, and especially the importance for Roman society of the changes wrought by the shift from republic to empire. The main body of the book is divided into the following sections: (1) Mechanisms of Socialization (the family, primary education, rhetorical education, philosophical upbringing, law and social formation); (2) Mechanisms of Communication and Interaction (literature, inscriptions, papyri, coins); (3) Communal Contexts for Social Interaction (self-representation, public speaking, the Second Sophistic, courts of law, public entertainments, bathing); (4) Modes of Interpersonal Relations (honor, friendship, hospitality, dining, violence); (5) Societies within the Roman Community (collegia, the army, cultic societies, Judaism, Christianity); and (6) Marginalized Persons (slaves, women, children, prostitutes, actors and gladiators, magicians and astrologers, bandits, disabled people). The result is a unique and up-to-date survey of ancient Roman social relations."--Jacket.

Series Statement

[Oxford handbooks]

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Alternative Title

Social relations in the Roman world

Subject

• Social structure > Rome
• Sozialstruktur
• Manners and customs
• Social history
• Social structure
• Rome > Social conditions
• Rome > Social life and customs
• Rome (Empire)

Note

• Series statement from jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

From Republic to Empire / Clifford Ando -- Making Romans in the family / Josiah Osgood -- Primary education / Marietta Horster -- Rhetorical education / Joy Connolly -- Philosophy as socio-political upbringing / Johannes Hahn -- Law and social formation in the Roman Empire / Dennis P. Kehoe -- Literature and communication / Charles W. Hedrick, Jr. -- Epigraphy and communication / Elizabeth A. Meyer -- Communicating with tablets and papyri / Andrea Jördens -- Coins and communication / Carlos F. Noreña -- Elite self-representation in Rome / Harriet I. Flower -- Public speaking in Rome : a question of auctoritas / Francisco Pina Polo -- The Second Sophistic / Thomas A. Schmitz -- Roman society in the courtroom / Leanne Bablitz -- Public entertainments / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Socializing at the baths / Garrett G. Fagan -- Roman honor / J.E. Lendon -- Friendship among the Romans / Koenraad Verboven -- Hospitality among the Romans / John Nicols -- Roman dining / Katherine M.D. Dunbabin and William J. Slater -- Violence in Roman social relations / Garrett G. Fagan -- Organized societies : collegia / Jonathan S. Perry -- The Roman army / David Potter -- Graeco-Roman cultic societies / John Scheid -- Ancient Jewish social relations / Seth Schwartz -- Christian society / Adam H. Becker -- Slaves in Roman society / Leonhard Schumacher -- Women in Roman society / Kristina Milnor -- Children in the Roman family and beyond / Jens-Uwe Krause -- Roman prostitutes and marginalization / Thomas A.J. McGinn -- Between marginality and celebrity : entertainers and entertainments in Roman society / Hartmut Leppin -- Magicians and astrologers / J.B. Rives -- The Roman bandit (latro) as criminal and outsider / Werner Riess -- Physically deformed and disabled people / Johannes Stahl.

Call Number

HN10.R7

ISBN

• 9780195188004
• 0195188004

LCCN

2010003812

OCLC

519828049

Title

The Oxford handbook of social relations in the Roman world / edited by Michael Peachin.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[Oxford handbooks]

Oxford handbooks.

Local Note

Library's copy lacks pages 737-738 (last 2 pages of index).

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

Peachin, Michael, 1954-

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR HN10.R7 O94 2011