Youth in the Roman Empire: The Young and the Restless Years? - Hardcover

Christian Laes , Johan Strubbe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107048885 ISBN 13: 9781107048881

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.

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About the Authors

Christian Laes is Associate Professor of Latin and Ancient History at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Antwerp. He has published five monographs and over fifty international contributions on social history, especially the human life course in Roman antiquity. Childhood, youth, old age, marriage and sexuality as well as disabilities are the main focuses of his scholarly work. His book Children in the Roman Empire was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.

Johan Strubbe was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands. In his research he has focused on the Greek epigraphy of Asia Minor, and published many articles on social and economic subjects; he has also published two corpora of Greek inscriptions. His second long-standing interest is in children and youth in ancient society and he has published several articles, for example on consolation decrees for youngsters and on public offices held by young people.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107048885
• ISBN 13: 9781107048881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270