Daily Life of Women in Ancient Rome

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.