The Private Life of the Romans: With Numerous Illustrations (Classic Reprint)

Preston, Harriet Waters

ISBN 10: 1330441648 ISBN 13: 9781330441640

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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The father of the family was its sovereign in his own right (sui im'is). Wife, children, and slaves were his subjects. The legal power of the husband over the wife was expressed by the term mamas. The bride Of those primitive times was merely transferred from her father's rule to that of her husband: She ranked thenceforth as a daughter of her husband's house she came in manum suam, into his hand.1 Her property became his. He might not sell, and, so long as she remained faithful, he might not slay her, but these were the only limits to his power.

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The following brief account of the private manners and customs of the ancient Romans, their families and homes, their meat, drink, and clothing, their means of culture, amusement, etc., has been compiled, for the most part, from the latest German authorities on this interesting subject. It is especially based on the encyclopedic work of Marquardt and Mommsen, Handbuch der Römischen Alterthümer: Siebenter Band, Privatleben der Römer, von Joachim Marquardt. 2te Auflage. Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1886.

For illustrations of the imperial period, constant reference has also been made to the more discursive but always striking and suggestive work of Prof. Ludwig Friedlander, Dorstellung aus der Sittengeschichte Roms, in der Zeit con August bis zum Ausgang der Antonine. Fünfte neu bearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1881.

The Gallus of Prof. W. A. Becker remains, as it has always been since its first appearance in 1838, an indispensable aid to one who would form a reasonably complete mental picture of the domestic life of classical antiquity.

Great condensation of material has, of course, been necessary: the endeavor of the compilers has been to seize the salient points, and to furnish, within the prescribed limit of the volumes constituting this series, at least a fairly complete outline of a well-nigh inexhaustible subject.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1330441648
• ISBN 13: 9781330441640
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212