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What it was like to grow up as a girl in Ancient Rome. In the rich tapestry of ancient Roman life, the threads of childhood and education form an integral part of the overall picture. Girls in Rome were brought up under the firm hand of the paterfamilias, the family patriarch.
Oct 23, 2021 · Although it was incredibly rare for women in ancient Rome to be directly involved in politics, Claudia Metrodora is one such example of a rich, powerful and influential person in her...
Jul 17, 2023 · Wealthy women and poorer women lived different lives in ancient Rome. While both were brought up primarily indoors, the home continued to be the domain of wealthy women into their adult lives. A poor woman or a slave, by contrast, would have to go out to work to support their families.
- Patriarchy and Class
- Prominent Greek Women: Women of Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens
- A Wealthy Jewish Convert: Lydia of Philippi
- A Powerful Jewish Princess: Bernice
- Women of Aristocratic Households: Junia, Julia, and Claudia?
- A Patron of Many: Phoebe of Cenchrea
- Conclusion
Patriarchy3 was a prevailing dynamic of Roman society, but it was not the only dynamic at work. As well as being patriarchal, Roman society was utterly class-conscious. The two dynamics are not the same, even though there is some overlap. Class distinctions were observed and reinforced daily. For instance, where someone sat in the theatre was deter...
What about the stereotype that ancient women were mostly housebound? It is true that in the Greek world of previous centuries, many women, especially high-status women, had led cloistered, hidden lives. Yet the relative levels of restriction or freedom varied greatly whether a Greek woman lived, for example, in Athens or Sparta or Macedonia. In the...
Some of the high-status Greek women who were becoming believers and joining the church had previously converted to Judaism. For a few decades, most converts to Christianity were Jewish or inclined toward Judaism in some regard. This may have been the case for the Thessalonian Greek women mentioned in Acts 17:1–4. It was certainly the case for Lydia...
As well as prominent Greek and Jewish women who became Christians, the NT mentions other powerful women who did not become Christians. Such women were among the celebrities of their day and had some influence on the politics and moral tone of society, especially politics and morality regarding women. Two women of the highest class are mentioned in ...
We have seen that some women from the finest families in Macedonia joined the church, even if the Jewish princesses did not. Are there any Christian women from Roman senatorial families mentioned in the NT? Three of the most powerful aristocratic families in Rome were the Junian, Julian, and Claudian families.25The women in these families were freq...
Another woman who acted independently of a husband or father is Phoebe of Cenchrea. In Rom 16:1–2, Paul identifies this woman with three pieces of information that refer to her ecclesial status: she is “our sister,” “diakonos (“deacon/minister”) of the church at Cenchrea,” and “a prostatis(“patron”) of many” including Paul. A patron—prostatis (femi...
The customs surrounding class distinctions and patronage gave high-status and wealthy women power and prominence in society. These customs also enabled high-status and wealthy women to have influence in the church: they were her patrons, protectors, house church leaders, and ministers. Unlike common stereotypes, these women were not housebound and ...
- Idealizing Roman Women: Lucretia and the Birth of a Republic. Really, the story of Rome begins with defiant women. Way back in the mists of Rome’s earliest mythology, Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, had defied the orders of the king of Alba Longa, Amulius, and orchestrated for her sons to be spirited away by a compassionate servant.
- Remembering the Virtue of Roman Women Through Cornelia. The tales that surrounded women such as Lucretia—often as much myth as history—established a discourse surrounding the idealization of Roman women.
- Livia Augusta: First Empress of Rome. With the shift from Republic to Empire, the prominence of Roman women changed. Fundamentally, very little actually changed: Roman society remained patriarchal, and women were still idealized for their domesticity and distance from power.
- Daughters of Dynasty: Agrippina the Elder and Agrippina the Younger. “They actually possess all the prerogatives of kings except their paltry title. For the appellation, ‘Caesar’ confers upon them no peculiar power, but merely shows that they are the heirs of the family to which they belong”.
Mar 14, 2017 · Very few women had a powerful, public role anywhere in the ancient world. But this 2nd-century AD head shows one of those who did. She is one of the priestesses known as the Vestal Virgins, who had the important job of guarding the sacred hearth of the city in their temple in the Roman Forum.
Mar 5, 2019 · A ncient Rome was a macho society, often misogynistic, where women did not enjoy equal citizen rights. That said, if we look hard at the history, we discover some women who made their mark,...
