Thinking tools
Subtitle: agricultural slavery between evidence and models
By: Ulrike Roth.
Contributors: University of London. Institute of Classical Studies.
Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies -- 92
Publisher: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781905670055
Subjects: Slavery -- Rome -- History.; Women slaves -- Rome -- History.; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-170) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene; title: Prologue: How it really was; title: Thinking tools: texts, gaps, and the female slave; title: Food for thought: family in Cato's familia rustica; title: On gendered grounds: spinning a different story; title: A design for war: a tale of men, women, and sheep; title: Transforming Italy: figuring out a republican ideal; title: Epilogue: A liar's tale.