The family has been recognised in the ancient world as the key social institution on which both society and the state are based. This title offers approaches to the study of the family in antiquity. It also includes approaches to social institutions, depictions of women and children, the Seleucid dynasty as a negative model of family, and more.

1. The Ancient Family in the 21st Century - Stromberg and Laurence; 2. Beyond Domus and Oikos: Kinship Studies and the Ancient Family - Harders; 3. Taking a Wider View: Greco-Roman Families and Political Demography - Hin; 4. The Classical Oikos as a Site for Intersectionality - Sjoberg; 5. Depictions of Women and Children in pre-Classical Corinth - Avramidou; 6. The Concept of Kyreia in Classical Athens - Hartmann; 7. Family Dynamics and the Seleucid Dynasty - Coloru; 8. Not the Oikos: Priesthoods and Succession in Classical Athens - Bubelis; 9. Woman as the Pillar of the Family in Greek Funerary Epigrams - Kotlinska-Toma; 10. Family Relationships in Iron Age and Early Roman Veneto - Perego; 11. Etruscan Families: The Dead and the Living; 12. Family Advisory Councils in the Roman Republic - Johnston; 13. Female Workers in Aristocratic Columbaria - Penner; 14. Pompeian Painting and Domestic Emotions - Kampen; 15. Children in Antiquity in the 21st Century - Golden.

This series of books on the family in the ancient world builds on three decades of research on the subject initiated and guided by Professor Beryl Rawson, but at the same time takes stock and moves forward to new perspectives on the topic. The objective is to create a body of material from which new approaches to the study of the family can be situated in the 21st century.