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May 26, 2024 · While most powerful women in Ancient Rome wielded influence through their relationships with male relatives, a few remarkable individuals managed to rule in their own right. Two of the most notable examples come from the later period of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
May 10, 2024 · Some of these formidable women wielded power behind the scenes, some did it from within the bedroom, and a select few could be considered co-rulers with their more famous male counterparts. Vote up the powerful Roman women whose lives were more engrossing than any prestige drama.
May 24, 2024 · "The author examines the lifecycle of women in ancient Greek and Rome beginning with how young females acquired the gendered characteristics necessary for adulthood. The text explores female adolescence, including concerns about virginity, medical views of the female body, religious roles, and education.
- Daniel Abosso
- 2012
May 21, 2024 · From courtship and marriage to adultery and prostitution, Sex and Sexuality in Classical Athens takes a broad look at the sex lives and sexual beliefs of ancient Athenians.
- Margaret Schaus
- 2019
2 days ago · Roman women, including freedwomen, could own property and initiate divorce, which required the intention of only one of the partners. But when marriage had been a condition of the freedwoman's manumission agreement, she lacked these rights.
May 30, 2024 · The increase achieved its peak with Emperor Caracalla's AD 212 Antonine Constitution, which extended citizenship rights to all free inhabitants of the empire. Roman identity provided a larger sense of common identity and became important when distinguishing from non-Romans, such as barbarian settlers and invaders.
May 24, 2024 · Allies and subjects who adopted Roman ways were eventually granted Roman citizenship. During the principate (see below), the seats in the Senate and even the imperial throne were occupied by persons from the Mediterranean realm outside Italy.
