Disabilities in Roman Antiquity: Disparate Bodies a Capit...
Laes, Christian / Goodey, Chris / Rose, M. Lynn This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic from head to toe: mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorder, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies.