Christian Laes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1010064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Laes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Laes |
| SIGNATURE | LAES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4761-7481 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Aunts and the Roman Family
Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth
Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth takes its readers to stories, in versions known and often unknown. Disabilities and diseases are dealt with from head to toe: from mental disorder, over impairment of vision, hearing and speaking, to mobility problems and wider issues that pertain to the whole body. This Element places the stories in context, with due attention to close reading, and pays careful attention to concepts and terminology …
Handicap dans l’Antiquité
Cet article relate la façon dont les instruments, les animaux ou les membres du foyer (esclaves ou famille) contribuaient à assurer le bien-être et la santé des personnes confrontées aux défis du handicap. Des questions « spontanées », auxquelles il est difficile de répondre peuvent être envisagées : les fauteuils roulants, les chiens-guides d’aveugle et les prothèses auditives étaient-ils utilisés dans l'Antiquité ? Dans quelle mesure les indivi…
Lectors in the Latin West
Grumentum
About 130 Latin inscriptions shine a fascinating light on the medium-sized Roman town of Grumentum in ancient Lucania. Most of these stones have hardly been studied since the end of the 19th century. They now for the first time appear in a scholarly edition with revised Latin text, illustration, apparatus criticus, translation and extensive commentary. Both the introduction and the edition illustrate the richness of the material: archaeology, pol…
The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
Using a variety of historical sources and methodological approaches, this book presents the first large-scale study of single men and women in the Roman world, from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity and covering virtually all periods of the ancient Mediterranean. It asks how singleness was defined and for what reasons people might find themselves unmarried. While marriage was generally favoured by philosophers and legislators, with the argumen…
Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
Gender, Memory, and Identity in the Roman World
Teachers Afraid of Their Pupils
Prudentius’ Peristephanon 9 treats the martyrdom of Cassian, a teacher of stenography who was purportedly murdered by a stylus-wielding throng of his own students. The poem offers itself as a rich source of information about the presence of normative violence in ancient education and suggests how students may have internalized such treatment and responded to it. Parallels are drawn between this tale and others from ancient sources to demonstrate …
Close Encounters? Giovanni Pascoli's Crepereia Tryphaena (1893)
This article introduces the readers to Crepereia Tryphaena, a poem by Giovanni Pascoli from 1893, written in Sapphic strophes. The archaeological discovery of a second-century sarcophagus of a young woman who was buried along with her wedding gifts forms the starting point for this poem. At the same time, Pascoli approaches the topic as a poeta senza storia: to him, childhood and youth are eternal and fundamental categories of human existence, no…
Literary Evidence for the Presence of Play in Ancient Schools
This paper deals with an apparently straightforward question: the degree to which ancient educators thought it necessary to introduce a playful element into the programmes of schools, and the way in which such ideas were put into practice
Work, Labour, Professions. What’s in a Name?
Preliminary Material
Index of Subjects
Index of Places and Geographical Names
Index of Personal Names
Drunkenness
The Graeco‐Roman world from the Homeric world up to Late Antiquity was a permissive drinking society: drinking was very much integrated in daily life as a matter of etiquette and social decorum, and it was learned from a young age on, at least for men. In the Late Antique Christian world, drinking belonged to the ethics of temperance, though the consumption of wine was very much accepted. In this, Christian writers followed Graeco‐Roman and Jewis…
Impotence
The cultural history of impotence in the Greco‐Roman world is a fascinating theme in which ancient thoughts about sexuality and gender play a crucial role. Men in antiquity had to be potent and virile, but not to such a degree as to lose their self‐control. Virility and sexual performance could surely be worrisome, but procreation was not necessarily a central concern. When in Late Antiquity marriage became a religious duty toward God and mankind…
Disability in Antiquity
Educators in the Late Ancient City of Rome (300 - 700 CE)
Educateurs à Rome dans l'Antiquité Tardive (300-700 après J.-C.). Dans cet article, je propose une compilation approfondie des sources littéraires et épigraphiques concernant les éducateurs dans l’Antiquité tardive. Pour l’épigraphie, je me concentre sur les nombreuses inscriptions provenant de la ville de Rome. Les éducateurs professionnels, la plupart d ́ origine servile, étaient fréquents dans les ménages riches et aristocratiques de l’époque …
Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World
Ancient historians long preferred not to compare Greco-Roman professional associations to the guilds of pre- and early modern Europe. From Waltzing to Finley and after, the orthodox view was that collegia were social and religious clubs; important for the emotional well-being of their members, occasionally acting as social support groups, but not protective or regulatory agencies for their members’ economic interests. Only recently have some scho…
Polygamy
In the ancient Mediterranean context, the Greek and Roman emphasis on monogamy is a peculiar case. Greco‐Roman views on monogamy made it into Christianity, which at the same time was strongly opposed to polygynous relationships. It is thus safe to assume that monogamy is one of the most prominent elements of the Greco‐Roman heritage in western civilization.
Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity
Laes Christian. Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 84, 2015. pp. 259-269
Youth in the Roman Empire
Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social clas…
Disabilities in Roman Antiquity
This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem, from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. The authors fully engage with literary, papyrological, and …
Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World
Ancient historians long preferred not to compare Greco-Roman professional associations to the guilds of pre- and early modern Europe. From Waltzing to Finley and after, the orthodox view was that collegia were social and religious clubs; important for the emotional well-being of their members, occasionally acting as social support groups, but not protective or regulatory agencies for their members’ economic interests. Only recently have some scho…
Child Slaves at Work in Roman Antiquity
Making use of literary, legal, epigraphical and papyrological sources, this article aims at offering a comprehensive survey of instances of labour carried out by child slaves in Roman times. The evidence offered by archaeology, osteology and iconography is also taken into account. The child slaves’ jobs and tasks are categorized and the various cases are commented upon. In the end, it turns out that the subject is not only revelatory with regard …
Youth in the Roman Empire
Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social clas…
Silent Witnesses
This article highlights all known instances of individual deaf-mutes in antiquity, with special attention as to how their symptoms were described, which effects were emphasized, and in what context the cases were reported. Next, the Greek and Latin vocabulary to denote deaf-muteness will be examined. Then comparative anthropology, literary sources, papyri, inscriptions, and juridic cases are used to describe daily life conditions of deaf-mutes. A…
Literary Evidence for the Presence of Play in Ancient Schools
This paper deals with an apparently straightforward question: the degree to which ancient educators thought it necessary to introduce a playful element into the programmes of schools, and the way in which such ideas were put into practice
Teachers Afraid of Their Pupils
Prudentius’ Peristephanon 9 treats the martyrdom of Cassian, a teacher of stenography who was purportedly murdered by a stylus-wielding throng of his own students. The poem offers itself as a rich source of information about the presence of normative violence in ancient education and suggests how students may have internalized such treatment and responded to it. Parallels are drawn between this tale and others from ancient sources to demonstrate …
Close Encounters? Giovanni Pascoli's Crepereia Tryphaena (1893)
This article introduces the readers to Crepereia Tryphaena, a poem by Giovanni Pascoli from 1893, written in Sapphic strophes. The archaeological discovery of a second-century sarcophagus of a young woman who was buried along with her wedding gifts forms the starting point for this poem. At the same time, Pascoli approaches the topic as a poeta senza storia: to him, childhood and youth are eternal and fundamental categories of human existence, no…
Educators in the Late Ancient City of Rome (300 - 700 CE)
Educateurs à Rome dans l'Antiquité Tardive (300-700 après J.-C.). Dans cet article, je propose une compilation approfondie des sources littéraires et épigraphiques concernant les éducateurs dans l’Antiquité tardive. Pour l’épigraphie, je me concentre sur les nombreuses inscriptions provenant de la ville de Rome. Les éducateurs professionnels, la plupart d ́ origine servile, étaient fréquents dans les ménages riches et aristocratiques de l’époque …
Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity
Laes Christian. Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 84, 2015. pp. 259-269
À la recherche de la vieillesse dans l'Antiquité gréco-romaine
Laes Christian. À la recherche de la vieillesse dans l'Antiquité gréco-romaine. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 74, 2005. pp. 243-255
Child Slaves at Work in Roman Antiquity
Making use of literary, legal, epigraphical and papyrological sources, this article aims at offering a comprehensive survey of instances of labour carried out by child slaves in Roman times. The evidence offered by archaeology, osteology and iconography is also taken into account. The child slaves’ jobs and tasks are categorized and the various cases are commented upon. In the end, it turns out that the subject is not only revelatory with regard …
Silent Witnesses
This article highlights all known instances of individual deaf-mutes in antiquity, with special attention as to how their symptoms were described, which effects were emphasized, and in what context the cases were reported. Next, the Greek and Latin vocabulary to denote deaf-muteness will be examined. Then comparative anthropology, literary sources, papyri, inscriptions, and juridic cases are used to describe daily life conditions of deaf-mutes. A…
Disabilities in Roman Antiquity
This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem, from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. The authors fully engage with literary, papyrological, and …
Disabilities in Roman antiquity
"This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem, from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. The authors fully engage with literary, papyrological, and…
Approaching Disabilities a Capite ad Calcem
This chapter offers an exciting and new overview of a subject rarely broached before: disability in Roman Antiquity. Studies on disability are mostly focused on the Modern Age, and the Middle Ages have started to make up the arrears. These studies viewed disability on the model of gender, race or ethnicity, categories which had traditionally enabled the white, non-disabled male to confirm his dominance and superiority over others. Disability stud…
Raising a Disabled Child
This chapter approaches the theme of ancient disabilities from the angle of the life course. After an introduction on definitions and concepts as well as demography and medicine, it tackles the issues of etiology of disability, the chances of survival for neonates in the first days of their life, early childhood years, schooling or labor, and marriage and family life. Attention is paid to both the practicalities of daily life and popular attitude…
Youth in the Roman Empire
Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social clas…
Polygamy
In the ancient Mediterranean context, the Greek and Roman emphasis on monogamy is a peculiar case. Greco‐Roman views on monogamy made it into Christianity, which at the same time was strongly opposed to polygynous relationships. It is thus safe to assume that monogamy is one of the most prominent elements of the Greco‐Roman heritage in western civilization.
Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity
Laes Christian. Children, Burial and Death. New Perspectives for the History of Childhood in Antiquity. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 84, 2015. pp. 259-269
Drunkenness
The Graeco‐Roman world from the Homeric world up to Late Antiquity was a permissive drinking society: drinking was very much integrated in daily life as a matter of etiquette and social decorum, and it was learned from a young age on, at least for men. In the Late Antique Christian world, drinking belonged to the ethics of temperance, though the consumption of wine was very much accepted. In this, Christian writers followed Graeco‐Roman and Jewis…
Impotence
The cultural history of impotence in the Greco‐Roman world is a fascinating theme in which ancient thoughts about sexuality and gender play a crucial role. Men in antiquity had to be potent and virile, but not to such a degree as to lose their self‐control. Virility and sexual performance could surely be worrisome, but procreation was not necessarily a central concern. When in Late Antiquity marriage became a religious duty toward God and mankind…
Disability in Antiquity
Educators in the Late Ancient City of Rome (300 - 700 CE)
Educateurs à Rome dans l'Antiquité Tardive (300-700 après J.-C.). Dans cet article, je propose une compilation approfondie des sources littéraires et épigraphiques concernant les éducateurs dans l’Antiquité tardive. Pour l’épigraphie, je me concentre sur les nombreuses inscriptions provenant de la ville de Rome. Les éducateurs professionnels, la plupart d ́ origine servile, étaient fréquents dans les ménages riches et aristocratiques de l’époque …
Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World
Ancient historians long preferred not to compare Greco-Roman professional associations to the guilds of pre- and early modern Europe. From Waltzing to Finley and after, the orthodox view was that collegia were social and religious clubs; important for the emotional well-being of their members, occasionally acting as social support groups, but not protective or regulatory agencies for their members’ economic interests. Only recently have some scho…
Work, Labour, Professions. What’s in a Name?
Preliminary Material
Index of Subjects
Index of Places and Geographical Names
Index of Personal Names
The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
Using a variety of historical sources and methodological approaches, this book presents the first large-scale study of single men and women in the Roman world, from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity and covering virtually all periods of the ancient Mediterranean. It asks how singleness was defined and for what reasons people might find themselves unmarried. While marriage was generally favoured by philosophers and legislators, with the argumen…
Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World
Gender, Memory, and Identity in the Roman World
Teachers Afraid of Their Pupils
Prudentius’ Peristephanon 9 treats the martyrdom of Cassian, a teacher of stenography who was purportedly murdered by a stylus-wielding throng of his own students. The poem offers itself as a rich source of information about the presence of normative violence in ancient education and suggests how students may have internalized such treatment and responded to it. Parallels are drawn between this tale and others from ancient sources to demonstrate …
Close Encounters? Giovanni Pascoli's Crepereia Tryphaena (1893)
This article introduces the readers to Crepereia Tryphaena, a poem by Giovanni Pascoli from 1893, written in Sapphic strophes. The archaeological discovery of a second-century sarcophagus of a young woman who was buried along with her wedding gifts forms the starting point for this poem. At the same time, Pascoli approaches the topic as a poeta senza storia: to him, childhood and youth are eternal and fundamental categories of human existence, no…
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