A Child’s Eye View: Making Roman Children Visible in Children’s Literature

Abstract

There is a growing body of scholarly work on the topic of Roman childhood, yet this academic work is not intended to make Roman children visible to modern children. This paper outlines a collaborative project between a researcher and a novelist. Based on careful investigation of the aspects of ancient life which most affected children, our goal was to connect the children of the past with modern children and to engage young readers with the Classical past.