The Brothers of Romulus

Fraternal Pietas in Roman Law, Literature, and Society

Cynthia J. Bannon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

1997
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01571-2 (ISBN)

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Through an analysis of literary and legal representations of brothers, this text attempts to re-create the context and contradictions that shaped Roman ideas about brothers. It brings together expressions of brotherly love and rivalry around an idealized notion of fraternity.

Stories about brothers were central to Romans' public and poetic myth-making, to their experience of family life, and to their ideas about intimacy among men. Through an analysis of literary and legal representations of brothers, this text attempts to re-create the context and contradictions that shaped Roman ideas about brothers. It brings together expressions of brotherly love and rivalry around an idealized notion of fraternity - fraternal "pietas", the traditional Roman virtue that combined affection and duty in kinship. Romans believed that the relationship between brothers was especially close since their natural kinship made them nearly alter egos. Because of this status, the fraternal relationship became a model for Romans of relationships between friends, lovers and soldiers.

Cynthia J. Bannon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University.

Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	197 x 254 mm
Gewicht	595 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-691-01571-6 / 0691015716
ISBN-13	978-0-691-01571-2 / 9780691015712
Zustand	Neuware