CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pericles, Metic, Endogamy

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15 Feb 2013
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Lecture 7: daily life and legal status of women. Daily life of women: bkgd statistics during antiquity, the average age of males during antiquity was ~45. This was largely due to premature deaths during childbirth (child baring age was 15- 29): these figures are not absolute based on skeletal remains found in burial tombs, no birth or death certificates/registrations, these figures did have an impact on marriage. b) Infant mortality in greece: 30-40% of infant would die within one year of birth and 50% would die before the age of 10. Infant mortality in rome: 25% of infant would die within one year of birth and 50% would die before the age of 10. i) It was also not illegal to expose of the child if one could not take care of them or didn"t want them: no precise detail about this but it was practiced. There is evidence that it was not uncommon.

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