Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome

How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth Across the vast expanse of the Roman...
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Author: Anna Bonnell Freidin
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Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome by Freidin, Anna Bonnell

Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome

$169.88

Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome

$169.88
Author: Anna Bonnell Freidin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth

Across the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing Romans sheds critical light on the diverse ways pregnancy and childbirth were understood, experienced, and managed in ancient Rome during the first three centuries of the Common Era.

In this beautifully written book, Anna Bonnell Freidin asks how inhabitants of the Roman Empire--especially women and girls--understood their bodies and constructed communities of care to mitigate and make sense of the risks of pregnancy and childbirth. Drawing on medical texts, legal documents, poetry, amulets, funerary art, and more, she shows how these communities were deeply human yet never just human. Freidin demonstrates how patients and caregivers took their place alongside divine and material agencies to guard against the risks inherent to childbearing. She vividly illustrates how these efforts and vital networks offer a new window onto Romans' anxieties about order, hierarchy, and the individual's place in the empire and cosmos.

Unearthing a risky world that is both familiar and not our own, Birthing Romans reveals how mistakes, misfortunes, and interventions in childbearing were seen to have far-reaching consequences, reverberating across generations and altering the course of people's lives, their family histories, and even the fate of an empire.

Author: Anna Bonnell Freidin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 05/21/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780691226279

About the Author
Anna Bonnell Freidin is assistant professor of history at the University of Michigan.

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