Children in the Roman Empire

Children in the Roman Empire

Author: Christian Laes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0521897467

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This book illuminates the lives of the 'forgotten' children of ancient Rome and draws parallels and contrasts with contemporary society.


The History of Rome

The History of Rome

Author: Titus Livius

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-11-15

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 3368766821

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.


Youth in the Roman Empire

Youth in the Roman Empire

Author: Christian Laes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-03-20

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1139868101

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Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social classes come to the fore; their lives, public and private, are sketched with the help of a range of textual and documentary sources, while the authors also employ the results of recent neuropsychological research. The result is a highly readable and wide-ranging account of how the crucial transition between childhood and adulthood operated in the Roman world.