Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome
Author: Thomas A. J. McGinn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780195161328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen status, particularly that of women.