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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: 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: 9781009464116ISBN 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 We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword; 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 Author InformationCatharine 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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