Marriage, Divorce, and Children in Ancient Rome (OUP/Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University Series)

by Beryl Rawson (Editor)

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  1996

  $83.53

  Recent studies of ancient Rome have shown that the sentimental ideal of a nuclear family was strong throughout the period, but that the reality was often different. This work looks at aspects of the composition of the Roman family and provides a case-study of the sentimental ideal versus reality.