Public and private in the Roman house and society
By: edited by Kaius Tuori and Laura Nissin ; with contributions by L. Bablitz [and 12 others]
Series: Journal of Roman archaeology. JRA Supplementary series -- number 102; Journal of Roman archaeology -- no. 102.
Publisher: Journal of Roman Archaeology, L.L.C.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780991373062
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Domestic space; Public spaces; Social life and customs; Politics and government; History; Architecture domestique; Aspect social; Espaces publics; Politique et gouvernement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : investigating public and private in the Roman house / Kaius Tuori; title: [Part I.] The interaction of public and domestic space in the heart of Rome. Privacy and the power : the De Clementia and the Domus Aurea / Harriet Fertik; title: Transformations of public space at the Lacus Iuturnae / Eva Margareta Steinby; title: Domestic and civic basilicas : between public and private space / Amy Russell; title: [Part II.] The dilemma of private homes and public functions. Bringing the law home : the Roman house as courtroom / Leanne Bablitz; title: The paterfamilias and the family council in Roman public law / Matthew Perry; title: Beyond 'public' and 'private' : accessibility and visibility during salutationes / Simon Speksnijder; title: [Part III.] Re-examining domestic arrangements in Pompeii. Sleeping areas in the houses of Herculaneum / Laura Nissin; title: Activities in Pompeii's private peristyles : the place of the peristyle in the public/private dichotomy / Samuli Simelius; title: Cooking class / F. Mira Green; title: [Part IV.] Were there "Roman houses" beyond Italy? Multifunctionality of spaces in a Late Roman house in Egypt / Raffaella Cribiore; title: Inner space : the integration of domestic space at Volubilis in the 3rd c. A.D. / Jennifer Hilder; title: [Part V.] Epilogue. What makes a Roman house a "Roman house"? / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.