Youth in the Roman Empire: The Young and the Restless Years?

di Christian Laes (Autore)

Johan Strubbe (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2017

Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15-25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social classes come to the fore; their lives, public and private, are sketched with the help of a range of textual and documentary sources, while the authors also employ the results of recent neuropsychological research. The result is a highly readable and wide-ranging account of how the crucial transition between childhood and adulthood operated in the Roman world.

• Autore: Christian Laes, Johan Strubbe
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2017
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 280 p.
• Dimensioni: 230 x 153 mm
• Peso: 420 gr.
• EAN: 9781107626720

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