Sexual morality in ancient Rome
Traditionally, scholars have approached Roman sexuality using categories of sexual ethics drawn from contemporary, Western society. In this 2006 book Dr Langlands seeks to move away from these towards a deeper understanding of the issues that mattered to the Romans themselves, and the ways in which...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798121106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Sexual virtue on display: the cults of pudicitia and honours for women ; Traditional narratives and Livy's Roman history ; Valerius Maximus : the complexities of past as paradigm ; Subversive genres : testing the limits of pudicitia ; Declamation : What part of 'no' do you understand? ; Sexual virtue on display II : oratory and the speeches of Cicero ; Imperial narrative, imperial interventions.
