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Looking at Roman society through a traditional elite lens shows women to be silent and passive participants in both social and economic history. This may have been the reality for elite families, but plebeian women would not have had this luxury. This paper will look into the epigraphical evidence of work undertaken by free women, and how their work evolved as their social responsibilities altered. Through this examination, I will also discuss how much income could have been generated through work performed by women, and if gender bias played a role in women's income.

- by Frances Cox
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- Roman History, Roman social history, Roman Economy, Roman social and economic history
- by Ida Gilda Mastrorosa
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- Classics, Latin Literature, Augustan Poetry, Roman social history

ROSALÍA RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ, LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES EN LA ANTIGUA ROMA, MADRID, EDITORIAL DYKINSON, 2018, pp. 436 (ISBN 978-84-9148-920-7) Review by Jaime Vizcaíno in Revista General de Derecho Romano, 31, 2018 RGDR-IVSTEL ISSN:... more

ROSALÍA RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ, LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES EN
LA ANTIGUA ROMA, MADRID, EDITORIAL DYKINSON, 2018, pp. 436 (ISBN 978-84-9148-920-7)
Review by Jaime Vizcaíno in Revista General de Derecho Romano, 31, 2018
RGDR-IVSTEL
ISSN: 1697-3046, núm. 31, Diciembre (2018)

- by JAIME VIZCAÍNO SÁNCHEZ
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- Gender Studies, Roman History, Domestic Violence, Roman Law

The stories of ancient women from the Greek and Roman world have been explored in museum spaces in a variety of ways. Whether through whole exhibitions or specific sections of galleries, curating this subject comes with a series of challenges as well as opportunities. In this paper I firstly explore some examples of past exhibitions from around the world which have been held at the Uffizi Gallery, the Archaeological Museum of Pella, Greece, and others. Furthermore, using my own ongoing experience of researching, proposing, and curating a future display on ancient women at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, I argue that this topic presents an opportunity not only to present new material to the public, but also to rethink museum processes.

- by Alina Kozlovski
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- Women in the ancient world, Museums, Exhibitions, Curation
- by Trudie Fraser
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- Ancient History, Gender Studies, Classics, Roman History
- by VALERIE HUET
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- Roman Art, Roman Women, Roman reliefs
- by Lechosław Olszewski
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- Roman History, Augustus, Ancient roman empresses, Livia

Talk given at Stoicon-X Australia virtual event, 6-8 November 2020.

- by Judith Stove
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- Stoicism, Roman Stoicism, Roman Women, Laudatio Turiae
- by Emily Hemelrijk
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- Gender, Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and archaeology, Roman Women

Many of the 10-12 million Roma1 and Travellers in Europe suffer from extreme poverty and exclusion. The existence of widespread anti-Gypsyism reinforces and aggravates their economic and social deprivation. These inequalities persist despite ongoing efforts at national, European, and international level to tackle anti-Roma and anti-Traveller prejudice, discrimination and crimes and address further their inclusion.

- by Cristina Raducan Temizcay
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- Roma Rights, Roman Women, Action Plan
- by Emily Hemelrijk
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- Roman Religion, Roman Women
- by josh Hickman
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- Ancient History, Roman History, Imperial Rome, Rome
- by Mary R McHugh
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- Roman History, Film Studies, Julio-Claudian Women, Tacitus
- by Natalie McCusker
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- Ancient History, Roman social history, Ancient Rome, Roman family

F. Cenerini - I. G. Mastrorosa (ed.), Donne, istituzioni e società fra tardo antico e alto medioevo, Lecce-Brescia, Pensa Multimedia, 2016 - Collection of papers focusing on some aspects and historical events in order to ascertain the evolution of women’s attitudes and possibility of intervention in Late Antiquity as well as to demonstrate that through various methodological approaches, gender history can offer a pluralistic interpretation of society of such an important period of transition.

- by Ida Gilda Mastrorosa
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- Ancient History, Gender Studies, Classics, Roman History
- by Judith Hindermann
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- Women's Studies, Terminology, Gender, Cicero

Information about Roman women is almost exclusively derived from male sources.

- by Rita Pierini
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- Ovid, Ovid (Classics), Latin poetry, Varro
- by Alfredo Buonopane
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- Roman Epigraphy, Roman Women, Roman graffiti, Roman Alphabetisation

¿Cómo participaban las mujeres en la economía de la Hispania imperial? Ese es el interrogante del que parte este libro. A través de las inscripciones epigráficas, datadas en las tres primeras centurias de nuestra era, se plantea un recorrido que recupera la memoria de algunas de esas mujeres, cuya historia ha quedado escrita en piedra. Mujeres y economía en la Hispania romana, un estudio de historia social y de historia de las mujeres, reflexiona sobre el trabajo femenino y la participación las aristócratas hispanas en determinados negocios y propiedades, así como su papel de benefactoras de las ciudades en las que vivieron. Pero, además del análisis de estas inscripciones, este volumen plantea la necesidad de acercarse al pasado con nuevas miradas, buscando un acercamiento a la economía y a la participación pública protagonizadas por las mujeres, ricas o humildes, libres o esclavas, puesto que todas, con su trabajo o con su riqueza, contribuyeron al desarrollo de las ciudades de Hispania.

This article argues that Tacitus’ presentation of the tense relationship between Tiberius and Agrippina the Elder is predicated upon differing interpretations of Augustus’ memory. While Agrippina presents herself as the living imago Augusti and the populace praises her blood connection to the first princeps, Tiberius denies that her ancestry should grant her authority. This argument allows insight into the mnemonic function of women in the Annals and Tacitus’ presentation of the efficacy of the memory and images of imperial family members in general.

- by Caitlin Gillespie
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- Tacitus, Roman Women, Roman Imperial Women, Agrippina maior

Livia Drusila, Iulia Augusta o Diua Augusta fueron los títulos oficiales con los que se denominó a la primera emperatriz de Roma a lo largo de su longeva vida de forma oficial e insti- tucional. Pero más allá de los ámbitos de poder, esta mujer recibió diversos honores y apelativos extraoficiales sin sanción oficial como iniciativa y deseo del pueblo romano hacia su persona. Es destacable el epíteto Genetrix Orbis, vinculado a la diosa Venus, fundadora mitológica de la dinas- tía Julio-Claudia, con el que la sociedad hispana de la Baetica la homenajeó en Anticaria, Colonia Romula Hispalis e Italica.

- by Goretti Oya Garcia
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- Roman History, Women's Studies, Women's History, Women

Ogni epoca storica racchiude in sé figure di donne che, in qualche modo, sono state messe nell’ombra dal proprio marito o da una società che non le considerava abbastanza. [...] Analizzando ora un elogio si potrà comprendere, passo dopo passo, quale fosse la posizione della donna nell’antica Roma. Verranno messi a confronto personaggi come Giovenale, il quale – con la sua Satira VI – vedeva la figura della donna sotto una luce del tutto negativa, e personaggi come il poeta romano Ovidio, il quale invece percepiva la figura femminile in modo completamente opposto, arrivando lui stesso a dar loro dei consigli utili e preziosi per risaltare femminilità e bellezza, due realtà contro le quali Giovenale scagliò inevitabilmente una carrellata di versi infuocati.

- by Sarah Canepa
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- History, Roman History, Women's History, Women

What does it mean to be a leader? This collection of seventeen studies breaks new ground in our understanding of leadership in ancient Rome by re-evaluating the difference between those who began a political action and those who followed or reacted. In a significant change of approach, this volume shifts the focus from archetypal “leaders” to explore the potential for individuals of different ranks, social statuses, ages, and genders to seize initiative. In so doing, the contributors provide new insight into the ways in which the ability to initiate communication, invent solutions, and prompt others to act resonated in critical moments of Roman history.

- by Roman Frolov
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- Public Opinion, Leadership, Political Culture, Roman Republic

In this book, Sarah Levin-Richardson offers the first authoritative examination of Pompeii's purpose-built brothel, the only verifiable brothel from Greco-Roman antiquity. Taking readers on a tour of all of the structure's evidence, including the rarely seen upper floor, she illuminates the subculture housed within its walls. Here, prostitutes could flout the norms of society and proclaim themselves sexual subjects and agents, while servile clients were allowed to act as 'real men'. Prostitutes and clients also exchanged gifts, greetings, jokes, taunts, and praise. Written in a clear, engaging style, and accompanied by an ample illustration program and translations of humorous and haunting graffiti, Levin-Richardson's book will become a new touchstone for those interested in the history of women, slavery, and prostitution in the classical world.

Parker, Holt N. - Sulpicia, the auctor de Sulpicia, and the authorship of 3.9 and 3.11 of the Corpus Tibullianum. Helios 1994 21 : 39-62. • The traditional ascription of [Tib.] 3, 9 and 3, 11 to an auctor de Sulpicia is baseless. They... more

- by Holt Parker
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- Women's Studies, Women's Literature, Sulpicia, Roman Women
- by Lucy McLaughlin
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- Ancient History, Roman History, Roman Religion, Feminism

Articol apărut în Buletinul Cercurilor Științifice Studențești, Arheologie – istorie – muzeologie, nr. 23, Editura Mega, 2017, Universitatea „1 Decembrie 1918” din Alba Iulia, ISSN 1454-8097, pp. 33-54. Messalina’s Portrait: between... more

- by Corina-Ruxandra Șteflea
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- Imperial Rome, Emperor Claudius, Roman Women, Roman Imperial Women

The use of cosmetics is a well established practice from very ancient periods of Mankind. There are two main purposes for the use of cosmetics: preservation and adornment. Make-up was much practiced in Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Ancient Rome. In this paper, the concept of cosmetics, its two main modalities, and the main recipes and products used in Ancient Rome are documented and discussed. In decorative cosmetics, the preferred ideal beauty was a combination of pale skin and red blush.

- by Marguerite Johnson
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- Ovid, Roman Women, Greco-Roman cosmetics, Ovid, Ars amatoria

"Roman Women Selective Bibliography" in D. Mantzilas, Roman and Roman-friendly Women Writers: Poetesses and Prose Writers from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to Late Antiquity [Ρωμαίες και Φιλορωμαίες συγγραφείς: ποιήτριες και πεζογράφοι από τις απαρχές έως την ύστερη Αρχαιότητα], Ioannina: Carpe Diem Publications, 2018, pp. 503-588.

- by Dimitris Mantzilas
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- Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Women's Literature, Roman social history

This paper evaluates the impact of the Augustan marriage legislation on the legal and financial freedom of Roman women, specifically, how the introduction of the ius liberorum (the “right of children”), which granted women freedom from... more

- by Kit Morrell
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- Roman Law, Augustus, Roman Women, Roman freedwomen
- by Kornelija A. Giunio
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- Roman Women

Introduction: "The procreation of children was acknowledged as the purpose of a Roman legal marriage. So it is not surprising that the climax of the wedding was the moment when the bride and bridegroom went to bed together. The ceremonial surrounding this part of the festivities deserves perhaps more attention than it has recently been given by scholars, who tend to desert the bride at the moment when she is lifted over the threshold of the bridegroom's house at the end of the noisy procession through the streets which formed such a dramatic rite de passage. Here I set out the evidence for Roman customs and rituals in bringing the couple into the bedroom and what was thought to be the emotional content for them of the semi-public ritual and of what happened when their supporters finally withdrew and left them together."

- by Mouseion (Journal)
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- Ancient History, Gender Studies, Classics, Roman History
- by Magda El-Nowieemy
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- History, Ancient History, Geography, Historical Geography

In this PhD thesis, the issue of the development of Roman citizenship for women in the late Republic and the early Empire is explored. Roman women as citizens are often marginalised, both in ancient sources and in definitions of citizenship in modern-day research. By looking at the legal construction of Roman citizenship, and the social consequences of this construction, in this study it is shown not only that women were citizens, but that the definitions of Roman citizenship in some ways crossed gender boundaries. Roman citizenship was based on the position of individual Romans within the familia, the Roman family group. It was this familia which could both limit and enlarge the bargaining power of Roman women; in particular, the position of Roman women who were sui iuris, the head of their own familia, was stronger than that of many Roman men. This study not only offers a novel interpretation of the way women functioned as Roman citizens, it also shows that Romans used a different organizing principle for their citizens from the ones we are familiar with in later Western history.

- by Coen van Galen
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- Gender Studies, Roman History, Gender History, Roman Law
- by Caitlin Gillespie
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- Tacitus, Roman Women, Roman Imperial Women, Agrippina Minor

Gaul’s annexation into the Roman Empire in the mid-first century B.C.E. caused the development of new religious practices, including the practice of offering votive objects representing either parts of the body or the entire body at healing sanctuaries. This practice was not simply a Roman import; healing votives of this type had all but disappeared in Italy at the time of Roman annexation of Gaul. Because dedicants offered representations of themselves, analysis of this assemblage provides insight into the demographics of worshippers and offers a unique way to study the choices of women, especially non-elite women who are often archaeologically invisible. Representational healing votives are a highly appropriate medium through which to study gendered experiences of colonialism in Roman Gaul because women and men have differential access to power in colonial environments; colonial self-representations inevitably reflect colonial power dynamics. Analysis of differences between male- and female-gendered votives provides a means to study colonialism as a gendered experience. Analysis reveals gendered differences in several dimensions of this votive practice including body parts represented, materials most commonly used, and preferred artistic style. Differences in votive practice between urban and rural sanctuaries are also addressed. The results of this analysis provide insight into how women and men responded differently to the colonial power dynamic in Roman Gaul.

Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World is the first substantial account of elite Roman concubines and courtesans. Exploring the blurred line between proper matron and wicked prostitute, it illuminates the lives of sexually promiscuous women like Messalina and Clodia, as well as prostitutes with hearts of gold who saved Rome and their lovers in times of crisis. It also offers insights into the multiple functions of erotic imagery and the circumstances in which prostitutes could play prominent roles in Roman public and religious life. Tracing the evolution of social stereotypes and concepts of virtue and vice in ancient Rome, this volume reveals the range of life choices and sexual activity, beyond the traditional binary depiction of wives or prostitutes, that were available to Roman women.