Ann‐Cathrin Harders
Biographic Data
| ID | 5128630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann‐Cathrin Harders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann‐Cathrin |
| FAMILY NAME | Harders |
| SIGNATURE | HARDERS A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5033-1225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kinship terms, used metaphorically
Kinship provides a terminology to establish relations between persons not only related by descent and marriage; it thus broadens social networks and creates communities. The metaphorical use of kinship in Greek and Roman societies as well as Jewish and Christian communities allowed the creation of asymmetrical relations by evoking parenthood or of more symmetrical relations by evoking siblingship.
Siblings
The relationship between siblings is special due to its longevity and its rather egalitarian character, especially between the sexes. It was seen as an intimate and affectionate bond; although brotherly solidarity was tested due to laws of inheritance and competition for honors and offices, brothers were expected to cooperate. In Greece as well as in Rome, they cared for their sisters and their offspring and acted on behalf of the father as a sis…
Mark Antony and the women at his side
In Rome, power/potestas was an all-male affair exercised only by magistrates or patres familias. It was never defined, performed, or symbolised in the form of a male-female couple. The question of who was able to hold potestas and who not was a decisive criterion of gender division and defined the Roman male citizen. Yet Roman politics also depended on a web of various social relations like kinship, friendship, and patronage, and Roman aristocrat…
Paterfamilias
The term paterfamilias describes the head of a Roman family and the proprietor of an estate. Its meaning differs widely in legal and non‐legal usage; therefore one has to be aware of the contexts in which the term is mentioned in order to not confound legal possibilities with everyday life.
Siblings
Brothers and sisters usually belonged to one generation, but death, divorce, and remarriage led to the dislocation of the family, adding step‐ and half‐siblings to the household.
Matrona
A free‐born Roman woman who had contracted a iustum matrimonium was, according to Roman law, called a matrona . Under the Roman Republic, the term matrona was distinguished from materfamilias . According to Gellius (18.6.4), only a woman who had contracted a manus marriage was properly a materfamilias .
Kinship terms, used metaphorically
In every human society, kinship is one of the most basic principles of social organization.
Adultery
Greco‐Roman societies regarded adultery as a crime next to Rape and the seduction of unmarried women such as virgins and widows.
Cousin ( consobrinus, frater patruelis )
In Greco‐Roman societies, cousins belonged to the close kinship group. The Greek Anchisteia extended on both the father's and the mother's side to first cousins once removed; cousins were therefore entitled to inherit. They were obliged to pursue a kinsman's murder or permitted to grant forgiveness ( IG I 3 104.13–25). Although agnates legally ranked before cognates, Greek kinship terminology did not differentiate between agnatic or cognatic cous…
Agnates
Agnates are related to each other exclusively by patrilineal descent, that is, only through male ancestors. Agnatic kinship is unilateral as opposed to bilateral cognatic kinship. In Greek and Roman societies, agnates were at the center of kinship relations.
Promiscuity
The standards for acceptable sexual behavior differ from time to time and from culture to culture; they also depend on civil and social status and gender – and this is especially true in regard to promiscuity.
Agnatio
Agnatio is defined as the group of persons related to each other exclusively by patrilineal descent. The expression originates from Roman law, but has found its way into modern ethnology and anthropology to define patrilateral kin groups (ethnology) or socially privileged kin groups (anthropology).
Adfinitas
The Latin term adfinitas/affinitas describes both the specific relationship and the broader kinship group that a person acquires by entering a marriage. The modern derivative “affinity” is still used in this sense in law, as well as in cultural and social anthropology.
Cognates, cognatio
Cognates are related to each other by common descent on the father's or on the mother's side. Cognatio is bilateral as opposed to unilateral agnatio which privileges patrilineage.
Ius vitae necisque
In comparison to other ancient societies, the Roman Paterfamilias held a uniquely extensive power over his children, the Patria Potestas
An imperial family man: Augustus as surrogate father to Marcus Antonius' children
INTRODUCTION The final days of Rome's once glorious general Marcus Antonius and Egypt's last queen, Cleopatra VII, are legendary: after his defeat at Actium, Antonius rushed back to Alexandria. Since he thought Cleopatra dead, he plunged his sword into his bowels. Sometime afterwards Cleopatra followed him, preferring death by the bite of an asp to being paraded through Roman streets as a vanquished oriental sensation by the triumphant victor. An…
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An imperial family man: Augustus as surrogate father to Marcus Antonius' children
INTRODUCTION The final days of Rome's once glorious general Marcus Antonius and Egypt's last queen, Cleopatra VII, are legendary: after his defeat at Actium, Antonius rushed back to Alexandria. Since he thought Cleopatra dead, he plunged his sword into his bowels. Sometime afterwards Cleopatra followed him, preferring death by the bite of an asp to being paraded through Roman streets as a vanquished oriental sensation by the triumphant victor. An…
Paterfamilias
The term paterfamilias describes the head of a Roman family and the proprietor of an estate. Its meaning differs widely in legal and non‐legal usage; therefore one has to be aware of the contexts in which the term is mentioned in order to not confound legal possibilities with everyday life.
Siblings
Brothers and sisters usually belonged to one generation, but death, divorce, and remarriage led to the dislocation of the family, adding step‐ and half‐siblings to the household.
Matrona
A free‐born Roman woman who had contracted a iustum matrimonium was, according to Roman law, called a matrona . Under the Roman Republic, the term matrona was distinguished from materfamilias . According to Gellius (18.6.4), only a woman who had contracted a manus marriage was properly a materfamilias .
Kinship terms, used metaphorically
In every human society, kinship is one of the most basic principles of social organization.
Adultery
Greco‐Roman societies regarded adultery as a crime next to Rape and the seduction of unmarried women such as virgins and widows.
Cousin ( consobrinus, frater patruelis )
In Greco‐Roman societies, cousins belonged to the close kinship group. The Greek Anchisteia extended on both the father's and the mother's side to first cousins once removed; cousins were therefore entitled to inherit. They were obliged to pursue a kinsman's murder or permitted to grant forgiveness ( IG I 3 104.13–25). Although agnates legally ranked before cognates, Greek kinship terminology did not differentiate between agnatic or cognatic cous…
Agnates
Agnates are related to each other exclusively by patrilineal descent, that is, only through male ancestors. Agnatic kinship is unilateral as opposed to bilateral cognatic kinship. In Greek and Roman societies, agnates were at the center of kinship relations.
Promiscuity
The standards for acceptable sexual behavior differ from time to time and from culture to culture; they also depend on civil and social status and gender – and this is especially true in regard to promiscuity.
Agnatio
Agnatio is defined as the group of persons related to each other exclusively by patrilineal descent. The expression originates from Roman law, but has found its way into modern ethnology and anthropology to define patrilateral kin groups (ethnology) or socially privileged kin groups (anthropology).
Adfinitas
The Latin term adfinitas/affinitas describes both the specific relationship and the broader kinship group that a person acquires by entering a marriage. The modern derivative “affinity” is still used in this sense in law, as well as in cultural and social anthropology.
Cognates, cognatio
Cognates are related to each other by common descent on the father's or on the mother's side. Cognatio is bilateral as opposed to unilateral agnatio which privileges patrilineage.
Ius vitae necisque
In comparison to other ancient societies, the Roman Paterfamilias held a uniquely extensive power over his children, the Patria Potestas
Siblings
The relationship between siblings is special due to its longevity and its rather egalitarian character, especially between the sexes. It was seen as an intimate and affectionate bond; although brotherly solidarity was tested due to laws of inheritance and competition for honors and offices, brothers were expected to cooperate. In Greece as well as in Rome, they cared for their sisters and their offspring and acted on behalf of the father as a sis…
Mark Antony and the women at his side
In Rome, power/potestas was an all-male affair exercised only by magistrates or patres familias. It was never defined, performed, or symbolised in the form of a male-female couple. The question of who was able to hold potestas and who not was a decisive criterion of gender division and defined the Roman male citizen. Yet Roman politics also depended on a web of various social relations like kinship, friendship, and patronage, and Roman aristocrat…
Kinship terms, used metaphorically
Kinship provides a terminology to establish relations between persons not only related by descent and marriage; it thus broadens social networks and creates communities. The metaphorical use of kinship in Greek and Roman societies as well as Jewish and Christian communities allowed the creation of asymmetrical relations by evoking parenthood or of more symmetrical relations by evoking siblingship.
Sociology (12 works) · History (11 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (10 works) · Anthropology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Genealogy (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Kinship (5 works) · Classical Studies and Legal History (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)