The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire)

This paper analyzes how the Romans conceived and defined mental-illness, studying the mentally ill from a social perspective, and reflecting on the question of their marginality. Based on medical treatises, the law, and philosophical pieces I identify what kinds of mental deviations were considered...

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Autor principal: Gazmuri, Susana
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Publicado: Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos (AADEC) - Ediciones UNL 2025
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ambiguity
mental illness
law
marginality
medicine
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spelling I26-R133-article-127562025-06-04T20:01:42Z The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire) Gazmuri, Susana ambiguity mental illness law marginality medicine This paper analyzes how the Romans conceived and defined mental-illness, studying the mentally ill from a social perspective, and reflecting on the question of their marginality. Based on medical treatises, the law, and philosophical pieces I identify what kinds of mental deviations were considered insanity and, at the same time study, the status that the insane had in society, the limitations that the law imposed to their actions and decisions, and the concerns that they posed to society. Finally, I propose that the madman had an ambiguous status from the social point of view. Este artículo analiza el modo en que los romanos concibieron la enfermedad mental, estudiando la locura desde una perspectiva social y planteando la cuestión de su marginalidad. Basándome en tratados médicos, las Instituciones Justinianas y escritos filosóficos, identifico qué tipo de desviaciones eran consideradas locura y, al mismo tiempo, estudio el estatus social del enfermo mental, las limitaciones que la ley imponía a sus acciones y decisiones, así como las preocupaciones que éste imponía a la sociedad. Finalmente, propongo que la insania implicaba un estatus social ambiguo al sujeto que la padecía. Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos (AADEC) - Ediciones UNL 2025-06-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion texto Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/argos/article/view/12756 10.14409/argos.2006.30.85-99 Argos; Núm. 30 (2006): Argos; 85-99 Argos; No. 30 (2006): Argos; 85-99 Argos; n. 30 (2006): Argos; 85-99 1853-6379 0325-4194 10.14409/argos.2006.30 eng https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/argos/article/view/12756/17384 Derechos de autor 2023 Argos http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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marginality
medicine
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law
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The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire)
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mental illness
law
marginality
medicine
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title The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire)
title_short The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire)
title_full The mentally ill in roman society (late republic and empire)
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description This paper analyzes how the Romans conceived and defined mental-illness, studying the mentally ill from a social perspective, and reflecting on the question of their marginality. Based on medical treatises, the law, and philosophical pieces I identify what kinds of mental deviations were considered insanity and, at the same time study, the status that the insane had in society, the limitations that the law imposed to their actions and decisions, and the concerns that they posed to society. Finally, I propose that the madman had an ambiguous status from the social point of view.
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