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EPISODE · Mar 21, 2023 · 35 MIN

(Not so) Risky Business: the Potential Perils of Childbirth in ancient Rome with Anna Bonnell Freidin

from Peopling the Past · host Chelsea A.M. Gardner and Melissa Funke

In today's episode, Dr. Anna Bonnell Freidin joins Melissa and Chelsea to talk about risk, pregnancy, and childbirth in the ancient Roman empire. Listen in as we discuss the definitions of risk in various contexts, how women's lives were affected by risks associated with pregnancy, childbearing, and delivery, and how the concept of communities of care might link us to people who lived long ago. This episode discusses infant and maternal death, so might not be appropriate for our youngest listeners. 

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