Old Age in the Roman World: A Cultural and Social History

by: Parkin, T.G.

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An innovative and ambitious work, Old Age in the Roman World paints a compelling, heretofore unseen picture of what it meant to grow old in antiquity. As a work of both social and cultural history, it broadens our knowledge of the ancient world and encourages us to reexamine our treatment of older people today." "Noting that privileges granted to the aged generally took the form of exemptions from duties rather than positive benefits, Tim Parkin argues that the elderly were granted no privileged status or guaranteed social role. At the same time, they were permitted - and expected - to continue to participate actively in society for as long as they were able.

Roman definitions and statements of age
The demography of old age
Old age and the Romans : images and attitudes
Rules of age in the Roman Empire
Rules of age in Roman Egypt
The realities of rules of age : proofs of age
Old age, marriage, and sexuality
Aging and the Roman family
The marginality of old age

Subjects:
Aged
Alter
Italy Rome
Old age
Old age Italy Rome
Old age Rome
Older people
Older people Italy Rome
Older people Rome
Ouderdom
Ouderen
Personnes âgées
Personnes âgées Italie Rome
Rome (Empire)
Rome Conditions sociales
Rome Social conditions
Rome Social life and customs
Romeinse oudheid
Römisches Reich
Social Conditions history
Social conditions
Vieillesse Italie Rome
elderly

Old Age in the Roman World: A Cultural and Social History

by: Parkin, T.G.

• ISBN-13: 9780801871283 / 978-0-8018-7128-3
• ISBN-03: 080187128X / 0-8018-7128-X
• The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 2003

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock