The Roman Family in Italy Status, Sentiment, Space [Paperback]

The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.

Introduction,Beryl Rawson & Paul Weaver
Roman Kinship: Structure and Sentiment,Richard Saller
Legal Stumbling-Blocks for Lower-Class Families in Rome,Jane Gardner
Children of Junian Latins,Paul Weaver
Rome and the Outside World: Senatorial Families and the World They Lived In,Werner Eck
Sons, Slaves and Christians,Peter Garnsey
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Elderly Members of the Roman Family,Tim Parkin
Conflict in the Roman Family,Suzanne Dixon
Interpreting Epithets in Roman Epitaphs,Hanne S. Nielsen
The Iconography of Roman Childhood,Beryl Rawson
Iconography: Another Perspective,Janet Huskinson
Roman Familial Structures: A Regional Approach,Paul Gallivan and Peter Wilkins
Perceptions of Domestic Space in Roman Italy,Lisa Nevett
Repopulating the Roman House,Michele George
Artefact Distribution and Spatial Function in Pompeian Houses,Penelope Allison

The series is now required reading for anyone interested in Roman social history, and many of these essays will be useful in advanced undergraduate courses in Roman civilization. --Classical World