Children in the Roman World: Cultural and Social Perspectives. A Review Article

The article discusses the status quaestionis in Roman childhood studies, especially from the viewpoint of cultural and social history. Studies under special attention here are Cornelia B. Horn – John W. Martens, "Let the Little Children Come to Me". Childhood and Children in Early Christianity. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. 2009; Sabine R. Hübner – David M. Ratzan (eds.), Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge – New York 2009; Christian Laes, Children in the Roman Empire. Outsiders Within. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge – New York 2011