Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient RomeThis is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen status, particularly that of women. |
Contents
Law in Society | 3 |
The Status of Prostitutes and Pimps as Roman Citizens | 21 |
Chapter 3 The Lex Iulia et Papia | 70 |
Chapter 4 Emperors Jurists and the Lex Iulia et Papia | 105 |
Chapter 5 The Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis | 140 |
Chapter 6 Emperors Jurists and the Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis | 216 |
Chapter 7 The Taxation of Roman Prostitutes | 248 |
Restrictive Covenants in the Sale of Slaves | 288 |
Chapter 9 Prostitution and the Law of the Jurists | 320 |
Diversity and Unity in Roman Legal Perspectives on Prostitution | 338 |
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