Description
Book SynopsisThis book uses a wide range of written and archaeological sources to explore the lives of the 'forgotten' children of ancient Rome: from child emperors to children in the slums, from young magistrates to little artisans, peasants and mineworkers. It also illuminates the similarities and differences between children's lives then and their lives today.
Trade Review'Superb.' The Times Literary Supplement
'Very useful as a reference work … it touches on nearly every question one might have about Roman childhood.' London Review of Books
'If you want to know all there is to know about children in classical (primarily non-Christian) Rome, Laes's learned, sensitive, and elegantly written book is the place to go.' David Konstan, Common Knowledge
'Laes has masterfully presented not only the social meaning of childhood in Roman antiquity, but also the grim realities of children's lives.' Ann-Cathrin Harders, The Journal of Roman Studies
Table of ContentsMethodological introduction; 1. How did children live? The demography, ecology and psychosocial reality of life in Roman antiquity; 2. Early childhood (0–7 years); 3. Roman children at school (approximately 7-15 years); 4. Roman children at work; 5. Paedophilia and paederasty; Concluding remarks; Glossary.
