Work, Identity, and Legal Status of Rome
Subtitle: A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, Vol 11)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: April 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780806124445
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Labour economics; Social history; Work & labour; BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome
First sentence: JUVENAL, a Roman satirist, and Willis, a British sociologist, comment on the significance and function of work for "little Greeks" (a term Juvenal seemingly applies to slaves, ex-slaves, and foreigners) and "people" (Willis examines working-class boys).
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