Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; I. Prefatory Material - 1.
Introduction to the Volume (Michael Peachin); 2. From Republic to
Empire (Clifford Ando); II. Mechanisms of Socialization - 3. Making
Romans in the Family (Josiah Osgood); 4. Primary Education
(Marietta Horster); 5. Rhetorical Education (Joy Connolly); 6.
Philosophy as Socio-Political Upbringing (Johannes Hahn); 7. Law
and Social Formation in the Roman Empire (Dennis
P. Kehoe); III. Mechanisms of Communication and Interaction - 8.
Literature and Communication (Charles W. Hedrick, Jr.); 9.
Epigraphy and Communication (Elizabeth A. Meyer); 10. Communicating
with Tablets and Papyri (Andrea Jördens);
11. Coins and Communication (Carlos F. Noreña); IV. Communal
Contexts for Social Interaction - 12. Élite Self-Representation in
Rome (Harriet I. Flower); 13. Public Speaking in Rome: A Question
of Auctoritas (Francisco Pina Polo); 14. The Second Sophistic
(Thomas A. Schmitz); 15. Roman Society in the Courtroom (Leanne
Bablitz); 16. Public Entertainments (Kathleen M. Coleman); 17.
Socializing at the Baths (Garrett G. Fagan); V. Modes of
Interpersonal Relations - 18. Roman Honor (J.E. Lendon); 19.
Friendship among the Romans (Koenraad Verboven); 20. Hospitality
among the Romans (John Nicols); 21. Roman Dining (Katherine M.D.
Dunbabin and William J. Slater); 22. Violence in Roman Social
Relations (Garrett G. Fagan); VI. Societies Within the Roman
Community - 23. Organized Societies: Collegia (Jonathan S. Perry);
24. The Roman Army (David Potter); 25. Graeco-Roman Cultic
Societies (John Scheid); 26. Ancient Jewish Social Relations (Seth
Schwartz); 27. Christian Society (Adam H. Becker); VII.
Marginalized Persons - 28. Slaves in Roman Society (Leonhard
Schumacher); 29. Women in Roman Society (Kristina Milnor); 30.
Children in the Roman
Family and Beyond (Jens-Uwe Krause); 31. Roman Prostitutes and
Marginalization (Thomas A.J. McGinn); 32. Between Marginality and
Celebrity: Entertainers and Entertainments in Roman Society
(Hartmut Leppin); 33. Magicians and Astrologers (J.B.
Rives); 34. The Roman Bandit (Latro) as Criminal and Outsider
(Werner Riess); 35. Physically Deformed and Disabled People
(Johannes Stahl)
Michael Peachin is Professor of Classics, New York University
"The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations in the Roman World is a
valuable guide to many directions in contemporary research, and
both editor and authors are to be congratulated for providing an
essential resource." --Classical Journal
"These are all wonderful essays that make the book a very rewarding
read. This is a superb volume: both the editor and the contributors
have to be congratulated for producing it!" --Bryn Mawr Classical
Review
"Peachin introduces and edits an exemplary contribution to the
current academic genre of handbooks/companions to topics/authors.
Thirty-five internationally known scholars of Roman History
contribute significant studies on a wide range of topics not well
discussed in standard compendia on Roman literature and history.
All students of Roman society, from undergraduate to scholars, will
profitably and enjoyably read everything in this handbook.
Highly
Recommended." --CHOICE
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