Women and the Roman city in the Latin West /

Women and the Roman city in the Latin West /

Roman Cities, as conventionally studied, seem to be dominated by men. Yet as the contributions to this volume-which deals with the Roman cities of Italy and the western provinces in the late Republic and early Empire-show, women occupied a wide range of civic roles. Women had key roles to play in ur...

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Other Authors: Hemelrijk, Emily Ann, 1953-, Woolf, Greg.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 360.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

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Women > Rome > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Rome > Social life and customs.

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Call Number: HQ1136 .W66 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • Emily Hemelrijk and Greg Woolf
  • Introduction /
  • Emily Hemelrijk and Greg Woolf
  • The Role of Women as Municipal Matres /
  • Francesca Cenerini
  • Women beyond Rome: Trend-Setters or Dedicated Followers of Fashion? /
  • Alison E. Cooley
  • Frauen als Teil der kaiserzeitlichen Gesellschaft: ihr Reflex in Inschriften Roms und der italischen Städte /
  • Werner Eck
  • Female Munificence in the Cities of the Latin West /
  • Emily Hemelrijk
  • The Public Presence of Women in the Cities of Roman North Africa. Two Case Studies: Thamugadi and Cuicul /
  • Christian Witschel
  • Gender and Cult in the Roman West: Mithras, Isis, Attis /
  • John North
  • Women and Animal Sacrifice in Public Life /
  • James Rives
  • Women and the Cult of Magna Mater in the Western Provinces /
  • Wolfgang Spickermann
  • Honorific vs. Funerary Statues of Women: Essentially the Same or Fundamentally Different? /
  • Glenys Davies
  • Portrait Statues of Women on the Island of Delos /
  • Sheila Dillon
  • Dressed Women on the Streets of the Ancient City: What to Wear? /
  • Mary Harlow
  • Whose Fashion? Men, Women and Roman Culture as Reflected in Dress in the Cities of the Roman North-West /
  • Ursula Rothe
  • Gendering Medical Provision in the Cities of the Roman West /
  • Rebecca Flemming
  • Desperate Housewives? The Adaptive Family Economy and Female Participation in the Roman Urban Labour Market /
  • Miriam J. Groen-Vallinga
  • Women and Retail in Roman Italy /
  • Claire Holleran
  • Grain Distribution and Gender in the City of Rome /
  • Coen van Galen
  • Female Mobility in the Roman West /
  • Greg Woolf
  • Female Networks in Military Communities in the Roman West: A View from the Vindolanda Tablets /
  • Elizabeth M. Greene
  • Female Travellers in Roman Britain: Vibia Pacata and Julia Lucilla /
  • Lien Foubert
  • Index /
  • Emily Hemelrijk and Greg Woolf.