On the Social Standing of Freedmen, as Indicated in the Latin Writers, Vol. 1: Preceded by a Discussion of the Use and Meaning of the Words (Classic Reprint)
On the Social Standing of Freedmen, as Indicated in the Latin Writers, Vol. 1: Preceded by a Discussion of the Use and Meaning of the Words (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from On the Social Standing of Freedmen, as Indicated in the Latin Writers, Vol. 1: Preceded by a Discussion of the Use and Meaning of the Words Social position is not necessarily affected by civic rights. For that reason those aspects of the bondsman's life, (to which many scholars have already devoted their attention), are touched upon here only where they appear to have some bearing upon the sub ject in hand. 'it was enough that the freedman was a freedman. The question then seems to be whether the effect of ...
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Excerpt from On the Social Standing of Freedmen, as Indicated in the Latin Writers, Vol. 1: Preceded by a Discussion of the Use and Meaning of the Words Social position is not necessarily affected by civic rights. For that reason those aspects of the bondsman's life, (to which many scholars have already devoted their attention), are touched upon here only where they appear to have some bearing upon the sub ject in hand. 'it was enough that the freedman was a freedman. The question then seems to be whether the effect of this opinion upon the man's social standing varied at all at different times and under changed conditions, and if so, what the causes were. With this end in View, I have examined the Roman authors from Plautus to Suetonius as well as some of the more important later works, including the law codes. The inscriptions are also important in this connection but it was found necessary to omit them, at all events, for the present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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