Roman Women
Title | Roman Women PDF eBook |
Author | Eve D'Ambra |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 7 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521818397 |
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Dress and the Roman Woman
Title | Dress and the Roman Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly Olson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2012-08-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134121202 |
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
Title | Reading Roman Women PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Dixon |
Publisher | Bristol Classical Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2001-06-21 |
Genre | History |
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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.
Roman Women
Title | Roman Women PDF eBook |
Author | Augusto Fraschetti |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226260945 |
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
Title | Roman Women PDF eBook |
Author | John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Women |
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Lives of Roman Christian Women
Title | Lives of Roman Christian Women PDF eBook |
Author | Carolinne White |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2010-01-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0141943378 |
'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own throat' Lives of Roman Christian Women is a unique collection of letters and documents from the third to the fifth centuries, celebrating Christian women from across the Roman Empire. During a crucial period in which Christianity transformed from a persecuted faith to the official religion of the Empire, these writings reveal the women who chose to dedicate their lives to Christ, by embracing martyrdom or by adopting a life of poverty and prayer, renouncing not only wealth but also their duties as wives and mothers.
Women's Religious Activity in the Roman Republic
Title | Women's Religious Activity in the Roman Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Celia E. Schultz |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0807830186 |
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