Making Romans in the Family
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23409356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Oxford handbook of social relations in the Roman world (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195188004.013.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2680245940 |
| ISBN | 9780195188004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article looks at the Roman family, which was the basic economic and social unit of Roman society. It studies how the family was constituted, and notes that the purpose of marriage in ancient Rome was the creation of children. It discusses the relations between husband and wife and determines that the family was important in shaping the different identities of its members.
Genealogy · Political science · Sociology · Unit (ring theory) · Wife · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |