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Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome
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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 ...
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 ...
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