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Roman Women
Author | : Eve D'Ambra |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521818391 |
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Roman Women
Author | : Augusto Fraschetti |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226260941 |
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This collection of essays features important Roman women who were active in politics, theater, cultural life, and religion from the first through the fourth centuries. The contributors draw on rare documents in an attempt to reconstruct in detail the lives and accomplishments of these exceptional women, a difficult task considering that the Romans recorded very little about women. They thought it improper for a woman's virtues to be praised outside the home. Moreover, they believed that a feeble intellect, a weakness in character, and a general incompetence prevented a woman from participating in public life. Through this investigation, we encounter a number of idiosyncratic personalities. They include the vestal virgin Claudia; Cornelia, a matron; the passionate Fulvia; a mime known as "Lycoris"; the politician Livia; the martyr and writer Vibia Perpetua; a hostess named Helena Augusta; the intellectual Hypatia; and the saint Melania the Younger. Unlike their silent female counterparts, these women stood out in a culture where it was terribly difficult and odd to do so.
Roman Women
Author | : John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon |
Publsiher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105007506731 |
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Dress and the Roman Woman
Author | : Kelly Olson |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134121205 |
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In ancient Rome, the subtlest details in dress helped to distinguish between levels of social and moral hierarchy. Clothes were a key part of the sign systems of Roman civilization – a central aspect of its visual language, for women as well as men. This engaging book collects and examines artistic evidence and literary references to female clothing, cosmetics and ornament in Roman antiquity, deciphering their meaning and revealing what it meant to be an adorned woman in Roman society. Cosmetics, ornaments and fashion were often considered frivolous, wasteful or deceptive, which reflects ancient views about the nature of women. However, Kelly Olson uses literary evidence to argue that women often took pleasure in fashioning themselves, and many treated adornment as a significant activity, enjoying the social status, influence and power that it signified. This study makes an important contribution to our knowledge of Roman women and is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Roman life.
Reading Roman Women
Author | : Suzanne Dixon |
Publsiher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2001-06-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UVA:X004548392 |
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How do we retrieve the lives of "real Roman women"? This book presents a range of examples to support the argument that our ideas of what we "know" about women's work, sexuality, commerce and political activity in the Roman world have been shaped by the format, or genre, of each ancient source.
Women s Religious Activity in the Roman Republic
Author | : Celia E. Schultz |
Publsiher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780807830185 |
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Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to R
Women in Ancient Rome
Author | : Bonnie MacLachlan |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781441142429 |
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This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Regal Period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included.
Arguments with Silence
Author | : Amy Richlin |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2014-08-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780472035922 |
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Examining the perishable nature of the history of women’s lives