Women in Roman Law & Society"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." -- Choice ..". will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." -- The Classical Outlook |
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Page 43
... Pliny ; from these , it can be gathered what qualities he and his social equals found desirable in a husband . Good family , good character and scholarship are desirable in Pliny's eyes ; official position is a rec- ommendation too ...
... Pliny ; from these , it can be gathered what qualities he and his social equals found desirable in a husband . Good family , good character and scholarship are desirable in Pliny's eyes ; official position is a rec- ommendation too ...
Page 97
... Pliny writes to the daughter , Calvina , after her father's death . She was the heir , but he had left an estate heavily burdened with debts . Pliny informs her that he personally had paid off the most pressing , so as to be left sole ...
... Pliny writes to the daughter , Calvina , after her father's death . She was the heir , but he had left an estate heavily burdened with debts . Pliny informs her that he personally had paid off the most pressing , so as to be left sole ...
Page 186
... Pliny had been made one of the heirs under the will of a certain Pomponia Galla , who had , justly , according to Pliny ( Ep . 5.1 ) , disinherited her son , Asudius Curianus . The latter tried to do a deal with Pliny , asking him to ...
... Pliny had been made one of the heirs under the will of a certain Pomponia Galla , who had , justly , according to Pliny ( Ep . 5.1 ) , disinherited her son , Asudius Curianus . The latter tried to do a deal with Pliny , asking him to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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