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| Childhood formed a special chapter of life in ancient Rome. In general, authors rarely mention children in literary sources. Despite the fact that childbirth, child care and their upbringing were the domain of women, the women themselves did not keep a single mention of this topic. When studying this issue, we must, like when studying women themselves, rely on information from the works of male authors, who, moreover, mostly describe children of elite families, upper and middle society living in cities. Some compensation for the lack of written sources is offered by the traces of children in material culture - objects related to children and childhood, such as rattles, potties, feeding bottles, toys, amulets, children’s graves and burial rituals, but also tombstone inscriptions, which reflect all social layers, not just the highest ones. The presented overview work deals with selected issues of the life of children of the youngest age in ancient Rome, taking into account the differences in the perception of girls and boys. As part of the contribution, we will focus on different perceptions already in the prenatal period and basic questions regarding birth and acceptance into the family and the subsequent perception of childhood in a higher social class.. |
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