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Frontmatter; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Maps; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Locating Children in the Roman Family; 1.2 Roman Infancy: Developing a Research Theme; 1.3 Aim and Organization of this Study; 2 Infants and Children in Pre-Roman Mediterranean Societies; 2.1 Infant Death and Burial; 2.1.1 Location and Method of Disposal: Cultural Differences; 2.1.2 Grave Goods for Infants; 2.2 Pregnancy and Childbirth in Pre-Roman Art; 2.3 Images of Infants and the Family in Life and Death; 2.4 Infants and the Divine in the Greek World; 3 Mother and Child: Pregnancy, Birth, and Health; 3.1 Fetal Development in the Womb; 3.2 Childbirth and Death in Childbirth; 3.3 The Life Course: Milestones in the First Year of Life; 3.4 Health and Disease of Infants: The Bioarchaeological Evidence; 3.5 Divine Protection of the Infant; 4 The Material Culture of Infancy; 4.1 Feeding Bottles; 4.2 Clothing; 4.3 Cribs, Cradles, and Blankets; 4.4 Apotropaic Jewellery; 4.5 Pets and Toys; 5 Picturing Infants and Families in Roman Art; 5.1 Imperial and Ideological Images of Roman Infants and Families; 5.2 Barbarian Parents and Infants; 5.3 Biographical Sarcophagi and Vignettes of Roman Family Life; 5.4 Portraits and Statues of Infants; 6 Mors Immatura I: Contextualizing the Death and Burial of Infants; 6.1 Infant Mortality and Age at Death; 6.2 Burial Sites of Infants: Integration or Exclusion?; 6.2.1 Infant Burials in Communal Cemeteries; 6.2.2 Infant Burials in Settlements and Buildings; 6.2.3 Infant Burials in Roman Forts; 6.3 Infant Sacrifice, Infanticide, and Exposure; 7 Mors Immatura II: The Treatment of the Infant Body in Death; 7.1 Marseille: Greek and Roman Burials in Cultural Comparison; 7.2 Cremation vs. Inhumation . . . and Mummification; 7.3 Containers, Coffins, and Wrappings for the Infant Body; 7.4 Investment and Expense; 7.5 Grave Goods and Offerings; 8 Funerary Commemoration of Infants; 8.1 Age at Death in Epitaphs; 8.2 Expressions of Grief and Loss; 8.3 Funerary Images of Infants; 8.4 Mother and Infant Commemorated; 8.5 Children and the Social Status of the Family; 9 Integrated Perspectives on Roman Infancy; 9.1 Re-Evaluating Laws on Mourning; 9.2 Compensating for Lives Unlived?; Appendix: Tables 1-8; Endmatter; Bibliography; Index

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