Research Catalog

Title

Public and private in the Roman house and society / edited by Kaius Tuori and Laura Nissin ; with contributions by L. Bablitz [and 12 others].

Publication

• Portsmouth, Rhode Island : Journal of Roman Archaeology, L.L.C., 2015.
• Dexter, Michigan : Thomson-Shore, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Tuori, Kaius
• Nissin, Laura
• Bablitz, Leanne E.

Description

198 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Journal of Roman archaeology. JRA Supplementary series, 1063-4304 ; number 102

Uniform Title

Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; no. 102.

Subject

• Architecture, Domestic > Rome
• Domestic space > Rome
• Public spaces > Rome
• Architecture domestique > Rome > Aspect social
• Espaces publics > Rome
• Rome > Social life and customs
• Rome > Politics and government
• Rome > History
• Rome > Politique et gouvernement

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction : investigating public and private in the Roman house / Kaius Tuori -- [Part I.] The interaction of public and domestic space in the heart of Rome. Privacy and the power : the De Clementia and the Domus Aurea / Harriet Fertik -- Transformations of public space at the Lacus Iuturnae / Eva Margareta Steinby -- Domestic and civic basilicas : between public and private space / Amy Russell -- [Part II.] The dilemma of private homes and public functions. Bringing the law home : the Roman house as courtroom / Leanne Bablitz -- The paterfamilias and the family council in Roman public law / Matthew Perry -- Beyond 'public' and 'private' : accessibility and visibility during salutationes / Simon Speksnijder -- [Part III.] Re-examining domestic arrangements in Pompeii. Sleeping areas in the houses of Herculaneum / Laura Nissin -- Activities in Pompeii's private peristyles : the place of the peristyle in the public/private dichotomy / Samuli Simelius -- Cooking class / F. Mira Green -- [Part IV.] Were there "Roman houses" beyond Italy? Multifunctionality of spaces in a Late Roman house in Egypt / Raffaella Cribiore -- Inner space : the integration of domestic space at Volubilis in the 3rd c. A.D. / Jennifer Hilder -- [Part V.] Epilogue. What makes a Roman house a "Roman house"? / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.

ISBN

• 9780991373062
• 0991373065

OCLC

• ocn936554819
• 936554819
• SCSB-8778869

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries