{"product_id":"fertility-ideology-and-the-cultural-politics-of-reproduction-at-rome-9789004540774","title":"Fertility, Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Reproduction at Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman women bore children not just for their husbands, but for the Roman state. This book is the first comprehensive study of the importance of fecunditas (human fertility) in Roman society, c. 100 BC - AD 300. Its focus is the cultural impact of fecunditas, from gendered assumptions about infertility, to the social capital children brought to a marriage, to the emperors’ exploitation of fecunditas to build and preserve dynasties. Using a rich range of source material - literary, juristic, epigraphic, numismatic - never before collected, it explores how the Romans shaped fecunditas into an essential female virtue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210863173975,"sku":"9789004540774","price":126.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fertility-ideology-and-the-cultural-politics-of-reproduction-at-rome-9789004540774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}