Youth in the Roman Empire
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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

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Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social classes come to the fore; their lives, public and private, are sketched with the help of a range of textual and documentary sources, while the authors also employ the results of recent neuropsychological research. The result is a highly readable and wide-ranging account of how the crucial transition between childhood and adulthood operated in the Roman world.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781139699327
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Tables
  9. Preface
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Chapter 1 Questioning the concept of youth
  12. Chapter 2 Minority, majority: youth, divisions of the human life cycle, and Roman law
  13. Chapter 3 Terminology and characteristics of youth
  14. Chapter 4 Rites of passage
  15. Chapter 5 Youth and ancient medicine
  16. Chapter 6 Youth and education: the rhetor and ‘university’
  17. Chapter 7 Associations of adolescent youths
  18. Chapter 8 Youthful behaviour
  19. Chapter 9 Youths in public office
  20. Chapter 10 Occupational training
  21. Chapter 11 Marriage
  22. Chapter 12 Youth and Christianity: continuity or change?
  23. Chapter 13 Conclusion
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index