The handmaid's tale in a fourth-century format: Ausonius and Bissula
One significant form of migration in Late Antiquity was the traffic with slaves and captives of war. My article will discuss one individual case that is conveyed by the poet Ausonius in fourth-century Gaul. Ausonius composed a small set of poems to his alumna Bissula who had probably been taken as c...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Aschendorff
2020
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Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 63, Pages: 178-187 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus 310-395
/ Ausonius, Decimus Magnus 310-395, Bissula. Ad lectorem
/ Prisoner of war
/ Slave woman
/ Colonialism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Alumnae & alumni
B Foster children B Handmaid's Tale, The (TV program) B Prisoners of war B War B Aristocracy (Social class) |