Focused on the period 200 BCE to 300 CE, this contributed volume provides a thematic introduction to the social aspects of ancient Rome - its composition, institutions, structures, and cultural products - and challenges students to consider Roman society as more than a series of chronological
events.
Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
Contributors
A Note to the Reader
Introduction
1. The Development of Roman Social History
Pauline Ripat
Introduction
The Development of Social History
Social History and the Classics
Social
History and the Classics: Debates and Problems
Social History and This Volume
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
2. A Summary of Roman History
Matt Gibbs, Milorad Nikolic, and Andrew Sherwood
Introduction
Early Rome:
Legends and Kings
The Early Republic (508-287 BCE)
The Middle Republic (287-133 BCE)
The Late Republic (133-31 BCE)
Augustus
The Julio-Claudians (14-68 CE)
The Flavians (69-96 CE)
From Nerva to the Antonines (96-192 CE)
The Severans (193-235 CE)
"Military
Anarchy," or "Crisis of the Third Century" (235-284 CE), and Tetrarchy (284-324 CE)
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
3. Roman Government in the Republic and Early Empire
John Vanderspoel
Introduction
The Voting
Assemblies
The Senate and Senators
The Elected Officials of the State
The Imperial Period and Beyond
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Note
4. The Roman Army
Conor Whately
Introduction
The Composition of the Roman
Army
Professionalization and the Roman Army
Warfare
War: The Aftermath
The Army and Society
The Army as Distinct Society
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
5. Class and Status
Pauline
Ripat
Introduction
Terms
Class and Status: Changes over Time
Mobility
Did Class and Status Matter?
The Persistence of Hierarchy
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
6. The Roman Household
Alison
Jeppesen-Wigelsworth
Introduction
Terms, Concepts, and the Shape of the Roman Family
Household Members and Relationships
The Physical House
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
7. Roman Slavery
Leslie J.
Shumka
Introduction
Definitions
The Roman Slave Supply
The Lives of Slaves
The Longevity of Roman Slavery
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
8. Roman Sexuality and Gender
Kelly
Olson
Introduction
Literary Sources
Prudery and Expurgation
Terminology
Gender Identity versus Sexual Orientation
The Phallus
Female Sexuality
Sexual Scenes
Same-Sex Couplings: Men
Same-Sex Couplings: Women
Sexuality and the Law: Stuprum and
Rape
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
9. Education in the Roman World
Fanny Dolansky
Introduction
"Letters are a Good Start to Life."
Beyond the Basics: Grammaticê, Rhetoric, and Vocational Training
"A proper
education is the source and root of all goodness."
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
10. Latin Literature
Luke Roman
Introduction
Defining "Literature"
Chronology
Greece and Rome
Literature and the Roman
Elite
Tradition, Intertextuality, and Decline
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
11. Art and Architecture
Beth Munro
Introduction
Defining "Roman-ness"
Augustan Rome: Image of an Empire
Imperial Dynasties and
Dominance
Responses to Economic and Social Change
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
12. Religion at Rome
Andreas Bendlin
Introduction
Practice, Belief, and Divinity: Some Salient Features of Religion at
Rome
Civic Religion
From Roman Religion to Religion at Rome
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
13. Crime, Criminal Law, and Order
Benjamin Kelly
Introduction
"Crime" in the Roman World
Courts, Justice, and
Terror
Roman "Policing Officials"
Self-Help
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
14. Entertainment in the Roman World
Michael Carter
Introduction
Public Entertainment
The Political Importance of Entertainment
Spectacles
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
15. Health and Well-Being in the Roman World
Tana Allen
Introduction
Designing Healthy Cities
Food and Nutrition
Disease and Illness
Patterns of Disease
Greek
Medicine and Medical Treatments in Rome
Baths and Bathing in Roman Life
Concerning Demography
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
16. The Economy
Matt Gibbs
Introduction
Evidence and Theory
The Transformation
of the "Roman Economy"
Public and Private Economies?
Slaves and Freedmen in Roman Economies
Land and Property
Taxation
Production and Trade
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
17. Roman Technology and
Engineering
Milorad Nikolic
Introduction
Terminology and Transfer of Knowledge
Technology Assimilated
Streets and Bridges
Water Transport
Concrete
Water Supply
Instruments
Sources of Energy
The People behind the Works
Summary
Questions
for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
18. The Reception of the Roman World
Craig Maynes
Introduction
Continuity and the "Classical Tradition"
Putting the "Roman" in "Romance": The Legacy of the Latin Language
Republicanism, Imperialism,
Fascism
Popular Reception of the Roman World
The Romans on Film
The Romans on Television
The Romans in Video Games
Summary
Questions for Review and Discussion
Suggested Reading
Notes
Conclusion
Appendix: Resources for Students
Glossary
Index
Instructor's Manual:
Each chapter contains:
· Chapter summary
· Learning objectives
· 3-5 Suggestions for discussion
· 3-5 Sample Essay/Exam questions and answers
· 3-5 Suggested Readings
In addition, the primary source materials and the chapter that was cut
from the previous edition (Ch. 2 by Fisher) will be compiled online for instructors to use when preparing lectures
PowerPoint Slides:
· 20-30 slides per chapter
· Will include chapter art where applicable
Flashcards:
Image Bank:
Matt Gibbs is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities at MacEwan University. His current research concerns professional associations, taxation, and the economy of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, as well as the Roman Empire generally. He also has research interests in the political
history of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, and aspects of classical reception. He has published on professional associations and the economy of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and the Roman Empire, and on ancient alcohol.
Milorad Nikolic is an associate professor in the
Department of Classics at Memorial University. He is trained as both a mechanical engineer and a classicist. His research interests are ancient technology and engineering (more precisely, water supply systems), ancient technical literature, Greek and Roman art and architecture, and the northern
Roman frontier. He has published on Greek and Roman technical texts.
Pauline Ripat is an associate professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Her research interests include Roman magic and divination, particularly as they pertain to social relations and
communication. She is the author of several book chapters and journal articles published in Greece and Rome, Phoenix, and Classical Philology.
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