PEP | Article - Sexual Life in Ancient Rome: By Otto Kiefer. Translated from Kulturgeschichte Roms unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Römischen Sitten by Gilbert and Helen Highet. (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. London, 1934. Pp. 379. Price 25 s. net.)

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Abstract

This is a comprehensive survey, not so much of characteristic sexual activities in the narrow sense, but of the relationship between sexual attitudes of the general cultural history of Rome. The chapter headings are as follows:—

Introduction: The Ideals of Rome.

I.Woman in Roman Life.
II.The Romans and Cruelty.
III.Roman Religion and Philosophy in Relation to Sexual Life.
a.Religion.
b.Philosophy.
IV.Physical Life.
a.Dress and Ornament.

PEP | Article - Sexual Life in Ancient Rome: By Otto Kiefer. Translated from Kulturgeschichte Roms unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Römischen Sitten by Gilbert and Helen Highet. (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. London, 1934. Pp. 379. Price 25 s. net.) - J., E.