TY - BOOK ID - 77874486 TI - Children and childhood in Roman Italy PY - 2023 SN - 1280907495 0191514233 9780191514234 9780199240340 0199240345 9786610907496 6610907498 0199240345 0191514234 1383037264 PB - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Children KW - Childhood KW - Kids (Children) KW - Pedology (Child study) KW - Youngsters KW - Age groups KW - Families KW - Life cycle, Human KW - History. KW - Social conditions. KW - Rome KW - Social life and customs. KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77874486 AB - Images of children in Roman society abound: an infant's first bath, learning to walk, playing with pets and toys, going to school, and - all too often - dying prematurely. The child was prominent in private houses and public space in the teeming, cosmopolitan city of ancient Rome and other towns of Italy. Such a vivid picture does not recur until the twentieth century. This study builds on the dynamic work on the Roman family that has been developing in recent decades. Its focus on. the period between the first century BCE and the early third century CE provides a context for new work being do ER -