Author : Mary Harlow
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Age and Ageing in the Roman Empire by : Mary Harlow
Download or read book Age and Ageing in the Roman Empire written by Mary Harlow. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve articles based on papers delivered at the Roman Archaeology Conference (Birmingham 2005). Topics are: Inscriptions from Rome and the history of childhood; Children for profit and pleasure; Growing up in Ravenna; The life course of Jews; The female life course at Pompeii; Age and the Roman army; Age and male sexuality: 'queer space' in the Roman bath-house? Age, ageism and osteological bias; The influence of culture upon childhood based upon an osteological study; Male perceptions of the female life couirse -- the case of Aemilia Pudentilla; Age and aristocratic self-identity: activities for the elderly.