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Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome
Langlands, Rebecca (Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter)
Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome
Langlands, Rebecca (Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter)
The untranslatable concept of pudicitia (broadly meaning 'sexual virtue') is crucial to understanding Roman sexuality. Close reading of Latin literary texts reveals that, ever controversial and unsettled, it formed the heart of several key Roman debates, such as that concerning the difference between men and women.
408 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 25, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780521859431 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 408 |
Dimensions | 161 × 232 × 32 mm · 727 g (Weight (estimated)) |