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Women in Ancient Rome

Women in ...

By (author) Paul Chrystal
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing, Chalford, United Kingdom
Published: 15th Dec 2014
Dimensions: w 129mm h 201mm d 19mm
Weight: 285g
ISBN-10: 1445643766
ISBN-13: 9781445643762
Barcode No: 9781445643762
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The history of women in ancient Rome is fascinating and exhilarating. It gives a unique insight into one of the world's most dynamic, successful superpower civilisations and illuminates a considerable number of admirable, exciting, evil, slatternly and dangerous women fighting to be heard and seen against insurmountable odds in a world run by men for men. 'Silent' is a word that is sometimes used to describe these women, because of the paucity of their own first-hand evidence for their lives; 'silent' can also be used to describe how the typical Roman male liked his women. Some women, though, broke that silence and forged an identity of their own in a largely suspicious, paranoid, patronising and critical world. It is those women whom we meet in this intriguing book. Paul Chrystal examines aspects of the Roman woman's lifestyle and her evolving role in the family. We meet the assertive, brave, pernicious and outrageous women in the public arena; we learn about women's education and of artistic, cultured women; we meet women soothsayers, witches and ghosts; we examine the role of women in religion and in the mystery cults. We learn of women as health professionals; women's medicine; women's sexuality; woman as mistress, prostitute and pimp.

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'Chrystal combs through ancient literature, and archaeological evidence, to throw light on the lives of ordinary women.' * The Good Book Guide * 'This is an impressive piece of work, not least because of the wealth of evidence and the number of references to ancient sources.' * Dr Stanley Ireland, University of Warwick *