Families in the Roman and Late Antique World

Lena Larsson Loven is a Research Fellow at the University of Gothenburg working on a major research project on dress codes in ancient Rome. Mary Harlow is Senior Lecturer in Roman History in the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. Her research interests include age and ageing in the Roman and late antique world.

Summarized.

• 1. Introduction: The Family from Rome to the Middle Ages - Harlow and Loven; 2. Genders, Generations and Family Ties in Pliny the Younger: A Dual Discourse - Challet; 3. Locating Children in Pompeii - Laurence; 4. Death, Burial and Commemoration of Newborn Babies and Infants in Roman Italy - Carroll; 5. Portraits of Children on Roman Funerary Monuments - Mander; 6. Nieces and Nephews in Inscriptions of the Occidental Provinces - Armani; 7. Childhood Health in the Roman Empire - Gowland and Redfern; 8. Young Women in Family Contexts in Roman Funerary Iconography - Loven; 9. Widows and Familial Networks in Roman Egypt - Pudsey; 10. Family Relationships in the Dynasty of Constantine the Great - Tougher; 11. The Life Course in the Byzantine Empire - Davies; 12. Saints and Families from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval West - Callow; 13. The Life Course and Left-over Romans - Harlow; 14. Fatherhood in late Antique Gaul - Southon.