The Roman Clan
Subtitle: The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology (W.B. Stanford Memorial Lectures)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780521856928
Subjects: Family & relationships; History of ideas, intellectual history; Social & cultural anthropology; History: World; Family; History; History - General History; Social structure; Rome; Ancient - Rome; Social History; History / Ancient / General; Clans; Ancient - General
First sentence: We have significant evidence for the nature and history of the gens but, as so often for social institutions which are obvious to those who live with them, but obscure to those who come after, our information is scattered in time and disparate in character.