Book
Roman life in Pliny's time
Flood and Vincent, Chatauqua-Century Press • Meadville, Pa. • Published In 1897 • Pages: i-xviii, 19-315
By: Pellisson, Maurice, Wilkinson, Maud.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although this work focuses on the daily life routine of the middle or upper class Roman citizen during the period of Pliny the Yongers lifetime (ca.62-113 A.D.), the researcher will also find this topic covered in more general terms for the entire period of ca. 14-102 A.D. The author, an historian, quotes extensively from the contemporary writings of the period, especially from Plinys letters, to illustrate various facets of the daily life activities. Covered in this source are such topics as education; womens status; marriage; physical aspects of the Roman house; household slaves and/or servants; mercantile business; the legal system; especially with emphasis on the bar; Roman society (e.g., social relationships, the imperial court, social duties, etiquette, dining and entertaining, and conversations): forms of amusements, with special emphasis on the gladiatorial combats in the arena; traveling; retirement; death and burial. A final chapter deals extensively with the character of Pliny and his style of writing. In general, the source complements Carcopinos work on daily life in ancient Rome (see Carcopino (1940) this collection), and presents to the reader an idea of what it must have been like to have lived during the early days of the empire.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 14-192 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Maurice Pellison ; translated from the French by Maud Wilkinson ; with an introduction by Frank Justus Miller
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 04014837
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rome--Social life and customs