Who's Your Daddy? Explaining the Rise of Roman Criminal Law
As a staunchly patriarchal society, it can be said with confidence that Ancient Rome firmly adhered to the adage that ‘father knows best.’
Some reflections on ancient Greek attitudes to children as revealed in selected literature of the pre-Christian era
This study examines the ancient Greeks’ attitudes to children during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The investigation is limited to literary sources in selected pre-Christian texts.
Testamentary Officia and the Mother's Identity in Ancient Roman Law
The object of the present study is a survey of the juridical sources and a discussion of the semantics of key Roman legal terms, in order to reconstruct the social motivations for, and consequences of, legal procedures regarding mothers of the elite classes and their wills.
Roman Monogamy
Mating in Rome was polygynous; marriage was monogamous.
The Auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, Religion and
This thesis examines the cultural and social relationships cultivated by ethnically diverse auxiliary soldiers in the western Roman empire. These soldiers were enrolled in the Roman auxilia, military units that drew primarily on the non-Roman subjects of the empire for their recruits in numbers that equaled the legionaries.
Ethnic recruitment and military mobility
I will touch on four instances of tribal recruitment…From these case studies, it will appear that the ethnic identity of units was maintained for much longer than is usually thought, and that the movement of families was a regular occurrence, not only confined to the officer class.
Incest Laws and Absent Taboos in Roman Egypt
For at least two hundred and fifty years, many men in the Roman province of Egypt married their full sisters and raised families with them…
Coming of age in Rome: the history and social significance of assuming the toga virilis
It is the purpose of this thesis, therefore, to collect and analyze evidence for the assumption of the toga virilis in an effort to determine its importance in Greco-Roman society both within the context of Roman family life and from the broader perspective of the cornmunity as a whole.
Greco-Roman sex ratios and femicide in comparative perspective
Is it possible to demonstrate that ancient Greeks or Romans disposed of newborn daughters in ways that skewed sex ratios in favor of males?
Marriage, families, and survival in the Roman imperial army: demographic aspects
This paper provides a survey of marriage and family formation in the army of the Principate, and assesses the main determinants of the life expectancy of professional Roman soldiers.