Tag: Pax Romana
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Household: The Greco-Roman Household in Review
We are about to shift gears in this series, so I think it is time for a quick recap concerning the idea of "household" in Greco-Roman society. Members – The model household was not a nuclear family living under one roof. The model Roman household was headed by a paterfamilias (head of household). It included…
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Household: Isis, Christians, and Social Change in the Empire
We naturally tend to look back on the Roman era as a more static period than it was. As I have been showing in recent posts, the first century B.C.E was a period of considerable turmoil that culminated in the establishment of the Roman Empire and the Pax Romana. Augustus sought to solidify his control…