Ebook: Infancy and Earliest Childhood in the Roman World: 'A Fragment of Time'

Introduction -- Infants and childen in Pre-Roman Mediterranean societies -- Mother and child: pregnancy, birth, and health -- The material culture of infancy -- Picturing infants and families in Roman art -- Mors Immatura I: contextualizing the death and burial of infants -- Mors Immatura II: the treatment of the infant body in death -- Funerary commemoration of infants -- Integrated perspectives on Roman infancy;Integrating social and cultural history with archaeological evidence and material culture, this first comprehensive study of infancy and earliest childhood encompasses the whole Roman Empire and explores the particular historical circumstances into which children were born and the role and significance of the youngest within the family and society.