Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this
book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have …

In Late Antiquity the emergence of Christian asceticism challenged the traditional Greco-
Roman views and practices of family life. The resulting discussions on the right way to live a …

Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early
Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian …

This guide introduces readers to some of the primary and secondary literature on clothing
and adornment in antiquity, spanning ancient near eastern contexts to those of early …

As a “good girl”, Octavia Minor, older sister to Octavian née Augustus, has been
understudied as a historical figure of the Late Republic. Her portrayal as a “good” exempla …

This dissertation is a cultural history of the role of human fertility–fecunditas–in Ancient
Roman society c. 200 BC–AD 250. I ask how the Romans chose to understand human …

This chapter focuses on primary sources, funerary monuments, and the Vindolanda tablets
to show that the construction of gender and its correspondence with status was a complex …

This paper focuses on women's houses in republican Rome and political conversations that
took place in this gendered domestic context. The Bacchanalian" conspiracy" provides …

Un des principaux intéréts des estampilles sur briques et tuiles diffusées sur le marché
édilitaire de l'Vrbs et de ses environs est de nous faire connaItre le nom de quelquesuns des …

vità6. Sono in fondo le stesse virtù richieste a una Augusta, anche se nel contesto imperiale
risultano amplificate a comprendere la continuità, la prosperità, la stabilità non di un ristretto …