The Roman family in the Empire Rome, Italy, and beyond ; [most papers in this volume were given at the Fourth E. T. Salmon Conference in Roman Studies held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, in September 2001

This volume contains a series of articles that examine the Roman family in Italy and the empire using a wide range of evidence and considering a number of critical issues. Its focus on regional differences in family structure, forms of marriage, and kinship patterns make it the first publication to include targeted study of the family in the Roman provinces. The chapters cover Roman Egypt, Judaea, Spain, Gaul, North Africa, and Pannonia, and make use of both conventional textual sources and epigraphic evidence and material that is less frequently treated, including the medical writers and the Justinianic receipts. This book examines family life in the Roman empire and Italy, focusing on the influence of Rome on provincial family structure and attitudes towards family life as well as regional differences in family structure, forms of marriage, and kinship patterns. The chapters cover Roman Egypt, Judaea, Spain, Gaul, North Africa, and Pannonia, and make use of both conventional textual sources and epigraphic evidence, as well as material that is less frequently treated, such as the medical writers and the Justinianic receipts. Notions surrounding the family are explored in the abstract and in reality, such as the idea of family as used in the forensic works of Cicero as a touchstone for elite morality, especially for men, and how the social family norms of pietas and affection informed the identity of the Roman nobility. A discussion of family portrait groups on Republican and early imperial funerary commemoration takes up the same set of attitudes toward family life and shows how the emerging urban middle class of Italy, former slaves in Rome and citizens of mixed origins in Cisalpine Gaul, used family imagery to position themselves in the mainstream culture. There is also a chapter on the harder side of ancient family life in a survey of diseases and treatments of illnesses, thus retrieving a sobering dimension of ancient experience which is radically different from the modern. The remaining chapters look at family life in the Roman world outside Italy in a systematic way focusing on specific regions This Title On Roman Family Life Includes Studies Of The Families In Roman Provinces. Subjects Treated Include Family Values, The Relationship Between Parents And Children, Family Tensions, Marriage Patterns, And Family Commemorations On Tombstones. Putting The Family Across : Cicero On Natural Affection / Susan Treggiari -- Family Imagery And Family Values In Roman Italy / Michele George -- The Roman Child In Sickness And In Health / Keith Bradley -- Parent-child Conflict In The Roman Family : The Evidence Of The Code Of Justinian / Judith Evans Grubbs -- Searching For The Romano-egyptian Family / Richard Alston -- The Jewish Family In Judaea From Pompey To Hadrian--the Limits Of Romanization / Margaret Williams -- Family Relations In Roman Lusitania : Social Change In A Roman Province? / Jonathan Edmondson -- Family History In The Roman North-west / Greg Woolf -- Family And Kinship In Roman Africa / Mireille Corbier -- Children And Parents On The Tombstones Of Pannonia / Mary T. Boatwright. Edited By Michele George. Most Papers In This Volume Were Given At The Fourth E.t. Salmon Conference In Roman Studies Held At Mcmaster University In Hamilton, Canada, In September 2001--ack. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [319]-353) And Index. 'Most papers in this volume were given at the Fourth E.T. Salmon Conference in Roman Studies held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, in September 2001'--Pref.Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-353) and index.Putting the family across : Cicero on natural affection / Susan Treggiari -- Family imagery and family values in Roman Italy / Michele George -- The Roman child in sickness and in health / Keith Bradley -- Parent-child conflict in the Roman family : the evidence of the Code of Justinian / Judith Evans Grubbs -- Searching for the Romano-Egyptian family / Richard Alston -- The Jewish family in Judaea from Pompey to Hadrian--the limits of romanization / Margaret Williams -- Family relations in Roman Lusitania : social change in a Roman province? / Jonathan Edmondson -- Family history in the Roman north-west / Greg Woolf -- Family and kinship in Roman Africa / Mireille Corbier -- Children and parents on the tombstones of Pannonia / Mary T. Boatwright.Electronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo. :NetLibrary,2006.Available via World Wide Web.Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Contents......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 12 List of Figures......Page 14 Map......Page 16 List of Tables......Page 17 Abbreviations......Page 18 Introduction......Page 22 1. Putting the Family Across: Cicero on Natural Affection......Page 30 2. Family Imagery and Family Values in Roman Italy......Page 58 3. The Roman Child in Sickness and in Health......Page 88 4. Parent–Child Conflict in the Roman Family: The Evidence of the Code of Justinian......Page 114 5. Searching for the Romano-Egyptian Family......Page 150 6. The Jewish Family in Judaea from Pompey to Hadrian—the Limits of Romanization......Page 180 7. Family Relations in Roman Lusitania: Social Change in a Roman Province?......Page 204 8. Family History in the Roman North-West......Page 252 9. Family and Kinship in Roman Africa......Page 276 10. Children and Parents on the Tombstones of Pannonia......Page 308 References......Page 340 C......Page 376 J......Page 377 P......Page 378 W......Page 379 Putting the family across : Cicero on natural affection / Susan Treggiari Family imagery and family values in Roman Italy / Michele George The Roman child in sickness and in health / Keith Bradley Parent-child conflict in the Roman family : the evidence of the Code of Justinian / Judith Evans Grubbs Searching for the Romano-Egyptian family / Richard Alston The Jewish family in Judaea from Pompey to Hadrian the limits of romanization / Margaret Williams Family relations in Roman Lusitania : social change in a Roman province? / Jonathan Edmondson Family history in the Roman north-west / Greg Woolf Family and kinship in Roman Africa / Mireille Corbier Children and parents on the tombstones of Pannonia / Mary T. Boatwright. Introduction Putting the family across: Cicero on natural affection Family imagery and family values in Roman Italy The Roman child in sickness and health Parent-child conflict in the Roman family: the evidence of Justinian Searching for the Romano-Egyptian family The Jewish family in Judaea from Pompey to Hadrian - the limits of Romanization Family relations in Roman Lusitania: social change in a Roman province? Family history in the Roman North-West Family and kinship in Roman Africa Children and parents on the tombstones of Pannonia