The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome

Author:   Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck College, University of London) ,  Caroline Vout (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781009464116


Pages:   274
Publication Date:   06 March 2025
Format:   Paperback
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The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome


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Author:   Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck College, University of London) ,  Caroline Vout (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781009464116


ISBN 10:   1009464116
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   06 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; Introduction to the Cambridge Classical Classics edition; Introduction; 1. A moral revolution? The law against adultery; 2. Mollitia: reading the body; 3. Playing Romans: representations of actors and the theatre; 4. Structures of immorality: rhetoric, building and social hierarchy; 5. Prodigal pleasures; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of subjects and proper names.

Reviews

'Highly original in its exploration of the Roman tradition of moralising … a first-class book.' Peter Walcot, Emeritus Professor in the Cardiff School of History and Archaeology 'Shows how central the theme of sexual immorality was to political discourse in ancient Rome.' Rebecca Langlands, Professor of Classics, University of Exeter


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Catharine Edwards FBA is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London. She has translated Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars (2008) and recently published an edition of selected letters of the Younger Seneca (Cambridge, 2019). She was presenter of the television series Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome (BBC Four) and is a regular contributor to the radio show In Our Time.

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