Tim Parkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5664275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Parkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Parkin |
| SIGNATURE | PARKIN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3566-9030 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world
The fact is that for most people, and especially for women and children, the family is the most violent group to which they are likely to belong. (Dobash and Dobash 1979: 7) This volume arises from a project born in part of statistics, or rather of the reality those statistics reveal. Globally, one in every three women in the twenty-first century will experience physical and/or sexual violence during her lifetime.1 Each year, over 1,500 deaths in…
The abuse of aged parents in the ancient Roman world
This article focuses on the limited evidence that exists for domestic abuse and violence against older individuals in the Roman world, in particular directed against parents by their offspring. Literary and legal testimony is considered, along with some discussion of skeletal evidence, and particular instances from Roman Egypt are also presented. The article considers questions of gender in this context, and also discusses the way that the eviden…
(Re)producing Slaves
This chapter offers a broad survey of the range of social and economic variables that shaped the dynamics of the demography of the slave population of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. As such, it covers a vast extent of time and space but in the process attempts to establish general trends while also focusing on particular points of significance and interest. Emphasis is placed on the relative roles of reproduction and of external supply; the …
The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World
Retirement
In his final years, before dying at the age of 81 or thereabouts, Plato envisaged that in his ideal state the guardians of the law, the nomophylakes , would have to retire at 70 years of age ( Laws 6.755a). Such a compulsory retirement was imaginary; in reality, enforced compulsion was practically unheard of in antiquity. Men in high office tended to serve until they died. In classical Athens, citizen males in their sixtieth year served as public…
Old Age in the Roman World
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Old Age in the Roman World
Retirement
In his final years, before dying at the age of 81 or thereabouts, Plato envisaged that in his ideal state the guardians of the law, the nomophylakes , would have to retire at 70 years of age ( Laws 6.755a). Such a compulsory retirement was imaginary; in reality, enforced compulsion was practically unheard of in antiquity. Men in high office tended to serve until they died. In classical Athens, citizen males in their sixtieth year served as public…
The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World
(Re)producing Slaves
This chapter offers a broad survey of the range of social and economic variables that shaped the dynamics of the demography of the slave population of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. As such, it covers a vast extent of time and space but in the process attempts to establish general trends while also focusing on particular points of significance and interest. Emphasis is placed on the relative roles of reproduction and of external supply; the …
Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world
The fact is that for most people, and especially for women and children, the family is the most violent group to which they are likely to belong. (Dobash and Dobash 1979: 7) This volume arises from a project born in part of statistics, or rather of the reality those statistics reveal. Globally, one in every three women in the twenty-first century will experience physical and/or sexual violence during her lifetime.1 Each year, over 1,500 deaths in…
The abuse of aged parents in the ancient Roman world
This article focuses on the limited evidence that exists for domestic abuse and violence against older individuals in the Roman world, in particular directed against parents by their offspring. Literary and legal testimony is considered, along with some discussion of skeletal evidence, and particular instances from Roman Egypt are also presented. The article considers questions of gender in this context, and also discusses the way that the eviden…
History (6 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Elder Abuse and Neglect (2 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (2 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work)