Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World : A Social and Cultural History (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Conception, birth and the 'crucial' first days; 2. Mental and intellectual disabilities: sane or insane?; 3. Blindness: 'a fate worse than death'; 4. Deaf, mute and deaf-mute: a silent story; 5. Speech defects: stammering history; 6. Mobility impairments: history of pain and toil; Conclusions.