Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.
Contents
Adult-child relationships in Roman society / Beryl Rawson -- Divorce Roman style: how easy and how frequent was it? / Susan Treggiari -- Divorce and adoption as Roman familial strategies (Le divorce et ládoption "en plus") / Mireille Corbier -- Remarriage and the structure of the upper-class Roman family / K.R. Bradley -- The sentimental ideal of the Roman family / Suzanne Dixon -- Fathers and sons / Emiel Eyben -- Corporal punishment, authority, and obedience in the Roman household / Richard Saller -- Children of freedmen (and freedwomen) / P.R.C. Weaver -- Houses and households: sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill