The Freedman In The Roman World

Author : Henrik Mouritsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139495035

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The Freedman in the Roman World by Henrik Mouritsen Pdf

Freedmen occupied a complex and often problematic place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand and freeborn citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body. This book presents an original synthesis, for the first time covering both Republic and Empire in a single volume. While providing up-to-date discussions of most significant aspects of the phenomenon, the book also offers a new understanding of the practice of manumission, its role in the organisation of slave labour and the Roman economy, as well as the deep-seated ideological concerns to which it gave rise. It locates the freedman in a broader social and economic context, explaining the remarkable popularity of manumission in the Roman world.

Author : Lauren Hackworth Petersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107603592

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The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History by Lauren Hackworth Petersen Pdf

In this study, Lauren Petersen critically investigates the notion of 'freedman art' in scholarship.

Author : Rose MacLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107142923

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Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture by Rose MacLean Pdf

Argues that freed slaves exerted a profound influence on the transformation of Roman values under the Principate.

Author : Arnold Mackay Duff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Freed persons
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041712584

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Freedmen in the Early Roman Empire by Arnold Mackay Duff Pdf

Author : Teresa Ramsby,Sinclair Bell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472504494

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Free At Last! by Teresa Ramsby,Sinclair Bell Pdf

Building on recent dynamic visual, literary and archaeological work on Roman freedmen, this book examines the impact of freed slaves on Roman society and culture.

Author : Cameron Hawkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107115446

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Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy by Cameron Hawkins Pdf

Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them.

Author : Arnold M. Duff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Freedmen
ISBN : 1578986141

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Freedmen in the Early Roman Empire by Arnold M. Duff Pdf

Author : Matthew J. Perry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107040311

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Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman by Matthew J. Perry Pdf

This book explores the institution of manumission-the freeing of slaves-in ancient Rome from a gendered perspective. Rome was unique among ancient polities in that it bestowed freed slaves with full citizenship, granting them rights nearly equal to those of freeborn individuals. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen.

Author : Sandra R. Joshel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521535014

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Slavery in the Roman World by Sandra R. Joshel Pdf

A lively and comprehensive overview of Roman slavery, ideal for introductory-level students of the ancient Mediterranean world.

Author : Robert C. Knapp
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847654472

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Invisible Romans by Robert C. Knapp Pdf

Robert Knapp seeks out the ordinary people who formed the fabric of everyday life in ancient Rome and the outlaws and pirates who lay beyond it. They are the housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and gladiators who lived commonplace lives and left almost no trace in history - until now. But their words are preserved in literature, letters, inscriptions and graffiti and their traces can be found in the histories, treatises, plays and poetry created by the elite. A world lost from view for two millennia is recreated through these, and other, tell-tale bits of evidence cast off by the visible mass of Roman history and culture. Invisible Romans reveals how everyday Romans sought to survive and thrive under the afflictions of disease, war, and violence, and to control their fates under powers that both oppressed and ignored them. Their lives - both familiar and foreign to ours today - are shown against the tumult of a great empire that shaped their worlds as it forged the wider world around them.

Author : Andrew Wilson,Miko Flohr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191065361

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Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World by Andrew Wilson,Miko Flohr Pdf

This volume, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world, with a particular emphasis on the imperial period. Combining a wide range of research traditions from all over Europe and utilizing evidence from Italy, the western provinces, and the Greek-speaking east, this edited collection is divided into four sections. It first considers the scholarly history of Roman crafts and trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Germany and the Anglo-Saxon world, and on Italy and France. Chapters discuss how scholarly thinking about Roman craftsmen and traders was influenced by historical and intellectual developments in the modern world, and how different (national) research traditions followed different trajectories throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second section highlights the economic strategies of craftsmen and traders, examining strategies of long-distance traders and the phenomenon of specialization, and presenting case studies of leather-working and bread-baking. In the third section, the human factor in urban crafts and trade-including the role of apprenticeship, gender, freedmen, and professional associations-is analysed, and the volume ends by exploring the position of crafts in urban space, considering the evidence for artisanal clustering in the archaeological and papyrological record, and providing case studies of the development of commercial landscapes at Aquincum on the Danube and at Sagalassos in Pisidia.

Author : Paul Erdkamp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521896290

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome by Paul Erdkamp Pdf

Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists.

Author : Harriet I. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107032248

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The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic by Harriet I. Flower Pdf

This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

Author : Valentina Arena,Jonathan R. W. Prag,Andrew Stiles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444339659

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A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic by Valentina Arena,Jonathan R. W. Prag,Andrew Stiles Pdf

An insightful and original exploration of Roman Republic politics In A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic, editors Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag deliver an incisive and original collection of forty contributions from leading academics representing various intellectual and academic traditions. The collected works represent some of the best scholarship in recent decades and adopt a variety of approaches, each of which confronts major problems in the field and contributes to ongoing research. The book represents a new, updated, and comprehensive view of the political world of Republican Rome and some of the included essays are available in English for the first time. Divided into six parts, the discussions consider the institutionalized loci, political actors, and values, rituals, and discourse that characterized Republican Rome. The Companion also offers several case studies and sections on the history of the interpretation of political life in the Roman Republic. Key features include: A thorough introduction to the Roman political world as seen through the wider lenses of Roman political culture Comprehensive explorations of the fundamental components of Roman political culture, including ideas and values, civic and religious rituals, myths, and communicative strategies Practical discussions of Roman Republic institutions, both with reference to their formal rules and prescriptions, and as patterns of social organization In depth examinations of the 'afterlife' of the Roman Republic, both in ancient authors and in early modern and modern times Perfect for students of all levels of the ancient world, A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars and students of politics, political history, and the history of ideas.

Author : Michael Flexsenhar III
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271084091

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Christians in Caesar’s Household by Michael Flexsenhar III Pdf

In this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freedpersons in the Roman Empire were essential to early Christians’ self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean and played a multifaceted role in the making of early Christianity. Scholarship in early Christianity has for centuries viewed Roman emperors’ slaves and freedmen as responsible for ushering Christianity onto the world stage, traditionally using Paul’s allusion to “the saints from Caesar’s household” in Philippians 4:22 as a core literary lens. Merging textual and material evidence with diaspora and memory studies, Flexsenhar expands on this narrative to explore new and more nuanced representations of this group, showing how the long-accepted stories of Christian slaves and freepersons in Caesar’s household should not be taken at face value but should instead be understood within the context of Christian myth- and meaning-making. Flexsenhar analyzes textual and material evidence from the first to the sixth century, spanning Roman Asia, the Aegean rim, Gaul, and the coast of North Africa as well as the imperial capital itself. As a result, this book shows how stories of the emperor’s slaves were integral to key developments in the spread of Christianity, generating origin myths in Rome and establishing a shared history and geography there, differentiating and negotiating assimilation with other groups, and expressing commemorative language, ritual acts, and a material culture. With its thoughtful critical readings of literary and material sources and its fresh analysis of the lived experiences of imperial slaves and freedpersons, Christians in Caesar’s Household is indispensable reading for scholars of early Christianity, the origins of religion, and the Roman Empire.