Bonnie Maclachlan

Women in Ancient Rome (eBook, PDF)

A Sourcebook

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Regal Period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441153852
• Artikelnr.: 40056445

Autorenporträt

Bonnie MacLachlan is Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario, USA. Her published volumes include The Age of Grace: Charis in Early Greek Poetry (1993), Virginity Revisited: The Autonomy of the Unpossessed Body, co-edited with Judith Fletcher (2007), Women in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury 2012) and Women in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: The Regal Period
II: The Early and Mid-Republic
III: The Late Republic
IV: The Julio-Claudian Period
V: The Later Empire
General Bibliography
Index of Ancient Authors and Works
General Index