The single life in the Roman and later Roman world / edited by Sabine R. Huebner (University of Basel, Switzerland), Christian Laes (University of Antwerp, Belgium; University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Hübner, Sabine R. *1976-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Laes, Christian *1973-* [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne, VIC ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2019

x, 425 Seiten : Illustrationen

Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe- Huebner, Sabine R.: The single life in the Roman and later Roman world. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (x, 425 pages)

978-1-108-47017-9

978-1-108-45533-6 Paperback

9781108470179

*Römisches Reich / Alleinstehender / Geschichte

*Marriage-Religious aspects ; Rome-Social life and customs ; Single people-Social conditions ; Electronic books

Explores single men and women in the Roman world, their ways of life and their reasons for remaining unmarried.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 What's in a Single? Roman Antiquity and a Comparative World Approach -- 1 A 'Marriage' between Philology and Social History -- 2 The Ancients Had Some Words for It -- 2.1 Not Being Married -- 2.2 Loneliness -- 2.3 A Deliberate Choice and Lifestyle -- 3 Antigamous and Pro-marriage Advice in Literature -- 3.1 Antigamous Arguments -- 3.2 Arguments in Favour of Marriage -- 3.3 The Christian Arguments -- 4 A Sociocultural and Comparative Approach -- 4.1 Demographic, Archaeological and Socioeconomic Aspects -- 4.2 The Roman World -- 4.3 The Jewish World -- 4.4 Late Antiquity -- 4.5 The Comparative Perspective -- 5 Conclusions and Further Directions -- Demographic, Archaeological and Socioeconomic Approaches -- Chapter 2 Single Men and Women in Pagan Society: The Case of Roman Egypt -- 1 Singlehood in Roman Egypt in a Comparative Perspective -- 2 What Difference Does a Husband Make? -- 3 Looking for Singles in the Roman Census -- 4 The Demographic Background for Singles in Roman Egypt -- 5 Old Maids and Confirmed Bachelors in the Roman Census? -- 6 The Age Gap between Spouses, and Life-cycle Singleness -- 7 The Forty-year-old Virgin? Case Studies of Singles in the Roman Egyptian Census -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Looking for Singles in the Archaeological Record of Roman Egypt -- 1 Archaeology and Singles -- 2 Household Classifications: Laslett -- 3 Critiques of Laslett -- 4 Data and Analysis: Methods for Looking for Singles -- 5 Case Studies of Singles in the Archaeological Record -- (1) Apartments -- (2) Praesidia -- (3) Field Houses -- (4) Houses -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Between Coercion and Compulsion? The Impact of Occupations and Economic Interests on the Relational Status of Slaves and Freedmen.

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