List of abbreviations; Part I MATRIMONIUM: 1. Introduction; 2.
Capacity and intent; Part II SPONSI: 3. Choosing a coniunx; 4. From
negotiation to engagement; 5. Nova nupta and novus coniunx; Part
III CONIUGES: The relationship of husband and wife: ideals and
reality; 6. The Greek, philosophical background; 7. Graeco-Roman
theory on marriage; 8. Coniugalis amor; 9. Sexual relations; Part
IV MATERFAMILIAS and PATERFAMILIAS; 10. Dos; 11. Res; 12. Domus;
Part V
SEPARATION: 13. Divorce; 14. Death; 15. Conclusions; Appendices;
Date chart; Nemra of the Julio-Claudian family; Bibliography; Index
The Goodwin Award of Merit for 1993 - awarded by the American Philological Association
`Susan Treggiari's long-awaited book on Roman marriage is a major
contribution to scholarship that confirms the author's standing as
a leading contemporary historian of Roman society. Its subject, the
ideology and practical conventions of marriage in the central epoch
of Rome's history-is of fundamental importance for understanding
the nature of Roman society at large. Treggiari's coverage is
accordingly comprehensive, taking in the ways marriage in Rome
was brought into being, how society conceived of ideal conjugal
behavior and success in marriage, the lived reality of married life
(to the extent that it can be recovered), how family property
was
deployed to sustain marriage, and what happened when marriage came
to and end through spousal death or divorce.'
Keith Bradley, The Historian
`Treggiari writes with compassion and sympathy for the past ... all
future work on Roman marriage must now begin with the standard work
she has written-standard in the sense that the book is at once the
fundamental resource on its subject and simultaneously a model of
patient scholarship for others to aspire to emulate. Full of good
humor, rigorously empirical ... It is a book that in the present
age cannot be surpassed.'
Keith Bradley, The Historian
`Susan Treggiari's long-awaited Roman Marriage is a big book, in
every sense, a detailed monograph on every aspect of the subject.
Susan Treggiari has made an exhaustive collection of evidence from
a wide variety of sources, legal, epigraphic, historical,
philosophical and literary, which she analyses thoroughly, with due
regard for their nature, and cites in copious detail. This makes
the book ...invaluable as a treasure-house for reference.'
Jane F. Gardner, The Classical Review, Oxford University Press
1992
`this book is very welcome indeed. We cannot prove what married
life was like in ancient Rome; but T. provides a well-argued and
plausible account of what the Romans themselves thought about it
and how they behaved in it. There is - for a collection of
conference in the book as a whole. This book usefully provides and
overview of recent lines of approach to the study of the Roman
family. ... it should give a boost to those currently working in
the
field.'
Jane F. Gardner, The Classical Review, Oxford University Press
1992
`This brilliant book, immensely detailed, well organised, well
indexed and always accessible, defines the point from which future
studies will have to begin.'
Times Literary Supplement
'A major contribution, indispensable to any collection dealing with
ancient history, classical literature, or the social sciences.
Choice
'Treggiari's is a very thorough and in many ways very satisfying
book. She treats comprehensively the issues raised by marriage and
has clearly read enormously widely in the sources ... the book is a
competent synthesis of modern as well as older work on the topic
... It is, as one would hope and expect from the Clarendon Press, a
well produced book. A good book, a thorough book, one which I and
many other Romanists will make much use of.'
O.F. Robinson, University of Glasgow, The Journal of Legal
History
'Susan Treggiari assembles and analyses a vast array of literary
and legal sources in a magisterial examination of the institution
of Roman marriage ... The result is a study of fundamental
importance that is require reading for anyone who teaches or writes
on Roman society and for historians of the family in other ages as
well. At last we have a full and satisfactory account of Roman
divorce ... It is easy to predict that this volume will become a
standard
work of reference for students of Roman marriage and related fields
... should give a fair idea of the volume's immense value for those
who intend to work in this field. Here is a firm foundation on
which
to build.'
Thomas A.J. McGinn, Vanderbilt University, American Historical
Review, February 1993
'this is a work that has to be taken seriously ... On a number of
questions the author's findings carry conviction, and even when one
disagrees with her one is obliged to revalidate the more persuasive
view. In the last resort that is what scholarship in any area of
antiquity is about.'
R.A. Bauman, Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte,
CXXIII, 1993
'Inspired by Crook's Law and Life, the same fine balance as there
is achieved by Treggiari between legal intricacy and social
reality... Treggiari is thoroughly conversant with the vast array
of literary evidence. On points of detail, whether of major or
minor significance, the book tends toward the encyclopaedic and
will serve many as a work of reference more than as a book to be
read from cover to cover. There is much to fascinate as well as
to
enlighten... The book is clearly structured... a good review of the
present state of legal research into the Augustan legislation, and
social historians will find it useful in that regard.'
Tim G. Parkin, Journal of Roman Studies
'A significant advance has now been achieved with the appearance of
Treggiari's masterly study. T. is also thoroughly conversant with
the vast array of literary evidence. On points of detail, whether
of major or minor significance, the book tends toward the
encyclopaedic and will serve many as a work of reference more than
as a book to be read from cover to cover. There is much to
fascinate as well as to enlighten.'
Journal of Roman Studies
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