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A dark side of childhood in Roman society : maltreatment and death in children's lives / Tereza Antošovská ; translated by Irma Charvátová.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Antošovská, Tereza, author.
- Series:
- Masaryk University monographs ; v. 4.
- Masaryk University monographs ; vol. 4
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child abuse--Rome--History--To 1500.
- Child abuse.
- Children--Rome--Social conditions--History--To 1500.
- Children.
- Rome--Social conditions--To 1500.
- Rome.
- Children--Rome--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Brno : Masaryk University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Czech.
- Summary:
- "Children are an important part of human society, although they are rarely heard from the distant past. This monograph explores and reconstructs the world of the children of Roman citizens and the structure and social framework of the child’s life in the family and society of the Roman Empire, particularly the issues of violence and death in children’s lives. It analyses children’s encounters with violence and death, examining the role of the child as a victim in extreme situations (when confronted with violence or death) and as an active agent who may transgress social norms and commit violence or other forms of crime, or face death, their own and that of their loved ones."-- From JSTOR.
- Contents:
- The world of Roman children
- The objectives and the structure of the book
- A child in the Roman family and society
- The concept of childhood and the childhood world
- The cruel world and the child’s experience
- Violence against children
- Childhood innocence? Rascals and perpetrators
- Roman childhood in the face of death
- Danger of disease and death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed on May 13, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Antošovská, Tereza. Ddark side of childhood in Roman society.
- ISBN:
- 9788028006044
- 8028006043
- OCLC:
- 1545729276
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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