Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 2022
332 pages
978-1-4408-7169-6 (ISBN)
Description
Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of Roman women and gender, this book provides an invaluable introduction to the social, economic, and legal status of women in ancient Rome.
Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome is an invaluable introduction to the lives of women in the late Roman Republic and first three centuries of the Roman Empire. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it examines how Roman women were born, educated, married, and active in economic, social, public, and religious life, as well as how they were commemorated and honored after death. Though they were excluded from formal public and military offices, wealthy Roman women participated in public life as benefactors and in religious life as priestesses. The book also acknowledges the status and occupations of women taking part in public life as textile producers, retail workers, and agricultural laborers, as well as enslaved women.
The book provides a thorough introduction to the social history of women in the Roman world and gives students and aspiring scholars references to current scholarship and to primary literary and documentary sources, including collected sources in translation.
Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome is an invaluable introduction to the lives of women in the late Roman Republic and first three centuries of the Roman Empire. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it examines how Roman women were born, educated, married, and active in economic, social, public, and religious life, as well as how they were commemorated and honored after death. Though they were excluded from formal public and military offices, wealthy Roman women participated in public life as benefactors and in religious life as priestesses. The book also acknowledges the status and occupations of women taking part in public life as textile producers, retail workers, and agricultural laborers, as well as enslaved women.
The book provides a thorough introduction to the social history of women in the Roman world and gives students and aspiring scholars references to current scholarship and to primary literary and documentary sources, including collected sources in translation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Children/juvenile
File size
8,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-7169-6 (9781440871696)
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Sara Elise Phang
Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome
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03/2022
Greenwood Press
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Sara Elise Phang, PhD, received a doctorate in Roman history from Columbia University, USA, and is currently employed as a librarian.
Content
Introduction
Chronology
Glossary
1. Status and Gender
2. Birth and Mortality
3. Childhood and Education
4. Marriage
5. Dress and Status
6. Economic Life
7. Slavery and Manumission
8. Social Life
9. Public Life
10. Religious Life
11. Death and Remembrance
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
Chronology
Glossary
1. Status and Gender
2. Birth and Mortality
3. Childhood and Education
4. Marriage
5. Dress and Status
6. Economic Life
7. Slavery and Manumission
8. Social Life
9. Public Life
10. Religious Life
11. Death and Remembrance
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
