Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society

Judith P. Hallett

Published by Princeton University Press

Hallett, Judith P.
Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society: Women and the Elite Family.
Course Book ed. Princeton University Press, 2014.
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 CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

ABBREVIATIONS xviii

I THE PARADOX OF ELITE ROMAN

WOMEN: PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY
AND FEMALE FORMIDABILITY 3

II WOMEN OF ELITE FAMILIES AND

ROMAN SOCIETY 3S

III FILIAE FAMILIAE 62

Daughters in Etruscan and Classical
Athenian Society 69
The Roman Daughter's Place and Value 76
The Roots of Roman Filiafocality no
Roman Daughterhood: A Father's vs. A
Brother's Expectations and Actions 133

IV SORORES FAMILIAE 150

Soror Fraterque 152
Soror Sororque 180
Frater Fraterque 189

V MATRES FAMILIAE 211

Uxor et Maritus 219
Mater et Liberi 243
VI SOME CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON
ANCIENT ROMAN FILIAFOCALITY 263
Filiafocal Elements in Other Ancient Indo-
European Cultures 267
Filiafocality and the Ancient Roman Elite:
Some Cultural Factors 299
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 347

APPENDIX: GENEALOGICAL TABLES 363

Table I: The Family of Julius and
Augustus Caesar 364
Table II: The Family of Scipio Aemilianus 366
Table III: Some Descendants of Q. Metellus
Macedonicus 368
Table IV: The Family of Marcus Junius
Brutus 370
Table V: Pompey and his descendants 372
Table VI: The Aemilii Lepidi of the Late
Republic and Early Empire 374
Table VII: The Legendary Rulers of
Earliest Rome 376
Table VIII: The Tarquin Dynasty 378

INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES 381

INDEX OF HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY
PERSONS 398
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 413