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Old Age in the Roman World
Language: en
Pages: 522
Authors: Tim G. Parkin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-05-07 - Publisher: JHU Press

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"Noting that privileges granted to the aged generally took the form of exemptions from duties rather than positive benefits, Tim Parkin argues that the elderly
Old Age in the Roman World
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Tim G. Parkin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-05 - Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Classical authors such as Cicero and Plutarch would have us believe that the elderly were revered, active citizens of ancient Rome. But upon closer inspection,
Age and Ageing in the Roman Empire
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Mary Harlow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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Twelve articles based on papers delivered at the Roman Archaeology Conference (Birmingham 2005). Topics are: Inscriptions from Rome and the history of childhood
Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome
Language: en
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Authors: Mary Harlow
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Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social a
Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World
Language: en
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Authors: Christian Laes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But