{"product_id":"adoption-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9780521760508","title":"Adoption in the Roman World (Hardback) 9780521760508","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAdoption in the Roman World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFull account of the practice, including the procedures and adoption's use as a mode of succession, especially in political circles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHugh Lindsay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521760508, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAdoption in other cultures and other times provides a background to understanding the operation of adoption in the Roman worlds. This book considers the relationship of adoption to kinship structures in the Greek and Roman world. It considers the procedures for adoption followed by a separate analysis of testamentary cases, and the impact of adoption on nomenclature. The impact of adoption on inheritance arrangements is considered, including an account of how the families of freedmen were affected. Its use as a mode of succession at Rome is detailed, and this helps to understand the anxiety of childless Romans to procure a son through adoption, rather than simply to nominate heirs in their wills. The strategy also had political uses, and importantly it was used to rearrange natural succession in the imperial family. The book concludes with political adoptions, looking at the detailed case studies of Clodius and Octavian.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Adoption, kinship and the family: cross cultural perspectives\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kinship in Greece and Rome\u003cbr\u003e 3. Greek adoptions: comparisons and possible influences on the Roman world\u003cbr\u003e 4. Procedural aspects of Roman adoption\u003cbr\u003e 5. The testamentary adoption\u003cbr\u003e 6. Roman nomenclature after adoption\u003cbr\u003e 7. Adoption and inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 8. Roman freedmen and their families: the use of adoption\u003cbr\u003e 9. Adoption in Plautus and Terence\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sallust and the adoption of Jugurtha\u003cbr\u003e 11. Adrogatio and adoptio from Republic to Empire\u003cbr\u003e 12. Testamentary adoptions - a review of some known cases\u003cbr\u003e 13. Political adoptions in the Republic\u003cbr\u003e 14. Clodius and his adoption\u003cbr\u003e 15. The adoption of Octavian\u003cbr\u003e 16. Political adoption in the early empire at Rome, Pompeii and Ostia\u003cbr\u003e 17. The imperial family\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265011798296,"sku":"9780521760508","price":77.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521760508i.jpg?v=1692018908","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/adoption-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9780521760508","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}