New approaches to the study of the family in antiquity.

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in cont

The family has been recognised in the ancient world as the key social institution on which both society and the state are based. However, in the pre-Classical a

What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, o

This volume seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity. Contribut