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Author : Anise K. Strong
Release : 2016-07-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 758/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World by : Anise K. Strong
Download or read book Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World written by Anise K. Strong. This book was released on 2016-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From streetwalkers in the Roman Forum to imperial concubines, Roman prostitutes defined what it meant to be a 'bad girl'.
Author : Rebecca Langlands
Release : 2006-05-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome by : Rebecca Langlands
Download or read book Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome written by Rebecca Langlands. This book was released on 2006-05-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2006 study of Roman sexuality and sexual ethics focusing on the crucial and unsettled concept of pudicitia.
Author : Suzanne Dixon
Release : 2001-06-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Reading Roman Women by : Suzanne Dixon
Download or read book Reading Roman Women written by Suzanne Dixon. This book was released on 2001-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we retrieve the lives of "real Roman women"? This book presents a range of examples to support the argument that our ideas of what we "know" about women's work, sexuality, commerce and political activity in the Roman world have been shaped by the format, or genre, of each ancient source.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Release : 2018-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 303/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Domina by : Guy De la Bédoyère
Download or read book Domina written by Guy De la Bédoyère. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero--these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors' line to continue. Eminent scholar Guy de la Bédoyère, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes--including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina--were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bédoyère draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome.
Author : Christopher A. Faraone
Release : 2008-03-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 137/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World by : Christopher A. Faraone
Download or read book Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World written by Christopher A. Faraone. This book was released on 2008-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. In ancient times, although they were socially marginal, prostitutes connected with almost every aspect of daily life. They sat in brothels and walked the streets; they paid taxes and set up dedications in religious sanctuaries; they appeared as characters—sometimes admirable, sometimes despicable—on the comic stage and in the law courts; they lived lavishly, consorting with famous poets and politicians; and they participated in otherwise all-male banquets and drinking parties, where they aroused jealousy among their anxious lovers. The chapters in this volume examine a wide variety of genres and sources, from legal and religious tracts to the genres of lyric poetry, love elegy, and comic drama to the graffiti scrawled on the walls of ancient Pompeii. These essays reflect the variety and vitality of the debates engendered by the last three decades of research by confronting the ambiguous terms for prostitution in ancient languages, the difficulty of distinguishing the prostitute from the woman who is merely promiscuous or adulterous, the question of whether sacred or temple prostitution actually existed in the ancient Near East and Greece, and the political and social implications of literary representations of prostitutes and courtesans.
