Children, memory, and family identity in Roman culture / edited by Veronique Dasen and Thomas Späth.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

xvi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Introduction / Véronique Dasen and Thomas Späth -- Remembering one's ancestors, following in their footsteps, being like them : the role and forms of family memory in the building of identity / Catherine Baroin -- Roman patchwork families : surrogate parenting, socialization, and the shaping of tradition / Ann-Cathrin Harders -- Children and the transmission of religious knowledge / Francesca Prescendi -- Women and children in ancient landscape / Michel E. Fuchs -- Wax and plaster memories : children in elite and non-elite strategies / Véronique Dasen -- Cicero, Tullia, and Marcus : gender-specific concerns for family tradition? / Thomas Späth -- Children and the memory of parents in the late Roman world / Ville Vuolanto -- Degrees of freedom : vernae and Junian Latins in the Roman familia / Beryl Rawson -- Modestia vs. licentia : Seneca on childhood and status in the Roman family / Francesca Mencacci -- Delicia-children revisited : the evidence of Statius' Silvae / Christian Laes -- The sick child in his family : a risk for the family tradition / Danielle Gourevitch -- Hidden in plain sight : expositi in the community / Judith Evans Grubbs -- Rome : the invisible children of incest / Philippe Moreau.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-362) and index.