Fertility, Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Reproduction at Rome.
The first comprehensive study of the importance of fecunditas (human fertility) in Roman society, c. 100 BC - AD 300, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the connections between fertility, the Roman family, and the Roman state.
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| Superior document: | Impact of Empire Series ; v.45 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Impact of Empire Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 The Place of Marriage and Children in Roman Society
- 2 Gendering Fecunditas
- 3 Exploiting Fecunditas
- 4 Lacking Fecunditas: Overcoming Involuntary Childlessness
- 5 Fecunditas and the State
- 6 Fecunditas and the Imperial Family
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Latin Inscriptions Commemorating Women Who Likely Died in Childbirth or While Pregnant
- Bibliography
- Index of Sources
- General Index.