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Women In Ancient Rome A Sourcebook
Bonnie Maclachlan
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Description for Women In Ancient Rome A Sourcebook
A rich and accessible selection of Greek and Roman original sources all of which are in translation. Series: Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Regal Period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included.
This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Regal Period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included.
Product Details
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441164216
SKU
V9781441164216
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About Bonnie Maclachlan
Bonnie MacLachlan is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her published volumes include The Age of Grace: Charis in Early Greek Poetry (1993) and Virginity Revisited: The Autonomy of the Unpossessed Body, co-edited with Judith Fletcher (2007).
Reviews for Women In Ancient Rome A Sourcebook
Short for all that is packed in here, Women in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook covers Rome’s Beginnings, the Early and Mid-Republic, the Late Republic, the Julio-Claudian Period and the Later Empire ... [A] very useful book.
Classics Ireland
The book has a nice blend of chronological structure and thematic groupings to help both the instructor and student make useful connections between the selected texts both within and across time periods. … It offers a wide-ranging and thoughtful selection of different source materials, which would enable fruitful discussions about what the reality of daily life for women may have been and the challenges of reconstructing such a picture along with the complexities of interpreting their literary representations.
Danielle M. La Londe, Centre College
Classical Journal
By superbly selecting, arranging, translating and contextualizing a wide array of literary and inscriptional sources, Bonnie MacLachlan has made a peerless contribution to the study and teaching of women’s images and lived realities in ancient Rome. This magnum opus—with its testimony about women of all ages and social classes, from legendary times to late antiquity, and all corners of the Roman empire —deserves, in the words of the ancient Romans, ourmaximae gratulationes.
Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park, USA An introduction to Roman women well tailored for the beginner. Bonnie MacLachlan has chosen excerpts from landmark texts and integrated them, along with representative inscriptions, into a lucid narrative history of Rome, with new translations and basic bibliography.
Amy Richlin, Professor of Classics, University of California, USA
Classics Ireland
The book has a nice blend of chronological structure and thematic groupings to help both the instructor and student make useful connections between the selected texts both within and across time periods. … It offers a wide-ranging and thoughtful selection of different source materials, which would enable fruitful discussions about what the reality of daily life for women may have been and the challenges of reconstructing such a picture along with the complexities of interpreting their literary representations.
Danielle M. La Londe, Centre College
Classical Journal
By superbly selecting, arranging, translating and contextualizing a wide array of literary and inscriptional sources, Bonnie MacLachlan has made a peerless contribution to the study and teaching of women’s images and lived realities in ancient Rome. This magnum opus—with its testimony about women of all ages and social classes, from legendary times to late antiquity, and all corners of the Roman empire —deserves, in the words of the ancient Romans, ourmaximae gratulationes.
Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park, USA An introduction to Roman women well tailored for the beginner. Bonnie MacLachlan has chosen excerpts from landmark texts and integrated them, along with representative inscriptions, into a lucid narrative history of Rome, with new translations and basic bibliography.
Amy Richlin, Professor of Classics, University of California, USA