Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World

Laes, Christian

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“…These represent the first of their kind since the landmark work of Bunge et al over a decade ago. Such volumes parallel a recent uptick in work on children in the ancient world (e.g., Coşkunsu 2015; Laes and Vuolanton 2017; Aasgaard et al 2018). These works have contributed to the study of children and childhood in the biblical world in their own rights.…”

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Children and Childhood(s) in the Bible and Biblical World

Allen

2020

Religious Studies Review

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Children and Childhood(s) in the Bible and Biblical World

Allen

2020

Religious Studies Review

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“…A esta cuestión ha dedicado buena parte de su producción Rawson (2003Rawson ( , 2010, tratando la infancia siempre como un componente de la unidad familiar y examinando las evidencias epigráficas de estas relaciones para la Antigüedad griega, pero especialmente para la época romana. Más tarde, también Laes (2016Laes ( , 2017 ha dedicado sendas monografías al estudio desde este enfoque de la infancia en la etapa imperial y tardorromana. Todos estos trabajos tienen en común su análisis del tema de manera genérica, definiendo cuestiones como las etapas de la vida infantil, la educación o la problemática relativa a las diferencias entre clases sociales, todo ello sin atender a evidencias materiales propias de este sector poblacional, sino centrándose exclusivamente en las fuentes escritas.…”

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Visiones y revisiones de la infancia en la Antigüedad desde la Arqueología

Suárez

2019

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“…6 This last feature result in a low efficacy of protective reflexes (in children the reflex of adverse effects is not adequately developed). 6 Furthermore, residential and monumental construction boom in the Late Republican Rome and in the first centuries of the Empire could have contributed to increase the likelihood of accidents, related to the detachment of roofing elements in building sites.…”

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“…The cases aforementioned also indicated that, as unfortunately still happened today, these head trauma were more common in children (eg Proculus and Pastor). A lethal trauma due to a falling object was probably less recurring in adults, whereas it involved more children since they have disproportionate body size (larger head in relation to the torso) and insufficient strength and reactivity in the arms 6 . This last feature result in a low efficacy of protective reflexes (in children the reflex of adverse effects is not adequately developed) 6 .…”

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Craniofacial Trauma by Falling Roof-Tiles in Antiquity. Evidence From Nonmedical Sources

Mazzagatti

Belingheri

Riva

2021

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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N onmedical sources (literary works, fine arts, material culture, myths, and tale) can provide unexpected information on craniofacial pathologies in ancient times. [1][2][3] These sources indicated that the medicine in the Greek Archaic period (8th-6th century BC) reached a high knowledge of the anatomy of the head and neck, including head and facial trauma. In the Homeric poems, as well known, we can find the first descriptions of lesions affecting the neurocranial region, mostly with a fatal outcome. 4 Even authors of the Classical and Hellenistic period, such as Plato and Plutarch, reported cases of head and neck injuries, in the battlefields, also affecting figures such as the kings Cyrus and Alexander the Great.Cranial injuries could also occur outside the war scenarios and by an accidental cause, especially in an urban context due to the presence of buildings with roofing systems not adequately fixed to the structures. Tiles as roof covering elements were mainly developed in Greco-Roman world. Originally, the ancient Aegean peoples used thatch roofs with overhanging eaves, supported by dried clay bricks; once that these people began to use brick walls, the buildings were strong enough to support heavier materials at the roof level. Furthermore, as the first settlements were transformed into real urban nuclei, the risk of thatched roofs feeding uncontrollable fires increased. Therefore, between 700 and 650 BC, the Greeks introduced roof tiles obtained from a mixture of baked clay, which guaranteed, among other things, even less flammability and few and simple maintenance interventions.The new roofing system was further developed by the pre-Roman civilizations of Italy and then by the Romans who spread it to Mediterranean Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. This type of roof was based on the tegula, a plain flat tile, which was laid flat upon the roof, and the imbrex, a semicylindrical roofing tile, like a half-pipe, laid over the joints between the tegulae.The lack of maintenance and climatic events made the new roofing system a potential danger for citizens, since the tiles are blunt objects of a certain weight. The fall of a clay tile could cause scalp or facial and intracranial injuries and, in the worst cases, skull fractures. The fatality of the tiles falling is well highlighted by a Roman roof tile fragment with part of an amusing yet profound graffito: ''''Watch me. I am destined to fall to the ground!''''

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Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World

Cited by 24 publications

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Children and Childhood(s) in the Bible and Biblical World

Children and Childhood(s) in the Bible and Biblical World

Visiones y revisiones de la infancia en la Antigüedad desde la Arqueología

Craniofacial Trauma by Falling Roof-Tiles in Antiquity. Evidence From Nonmedical Sources

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