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Dress and the Roman Woman

Author : Kelly Olson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134121202
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Dress and the Roman Woman written by Kelly Olson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Roman Women

Author : Eve D'Ambra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521818397
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Roman Women written by Eve D'Ambra and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Roman Women

Author : Augusto Fraschetti
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226260945
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Roman Women written by Augusto Fraschetti and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Reading Roman Women

Author : Suzanne Dixon
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Reading Roman Women written by Suzanne Dixon and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 2001-06-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman

Author : Holly Beers
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830849890
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman written by Holly Beers and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women. In this gripping novel, Holly Beers introduces us to the first-century setting where Paul first proclaimed the gospel. Illuminated by historical images and explanatory sidebars, this lively story not only shows us the rich tapestry of life in a Greco-Roman city, it also foregrounds the interior life of one woman—and the radical new freedom the gospel promised her.

Ancient Roman Women

Author : Brian Williams
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403405227
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Roman Women written by Brian Williams and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at how women lived in ancient Roman times, discussing marriage, fashion, and religion.

Roman Women

Author : John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Roman Women written by John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Roman Women

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Women written by Paul Chrystal and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lives of Roman Christian Women

Author : Carolinne White
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141943378
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Lives of Roman Christian Women written by Carolinne White and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

Author : Harriet I. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107032245
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic written by Harriet I. Flower and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

Women in Roman Britain

Author : Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher : Council for British Archaeology(GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781902771434
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (714 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in Roman Britain by : Lindsay Allason-Jones

Download or read book Women in Roman Britain written by Lindsay Allason-Jones and published by Council for British Archaeology(GB). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the 1992 book detailing the complexities of life for women in Roman Britain. This edition chronicles the latest discoveries - tombstones, writing tablets, curse tablets, burials and artefacts - to create a vivid picture of the lives, habits and thoughts of women in Britain over four centuries. Diversity of backgrounds, traditions and tastes lies at the heart of the book - displaying the cosmopolitan nature of the Romano-British society. Lindsay Allason-Jones explores all aspects of women's life - from social status to hairstyles.

Agrippina

Author : Emma Southon
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1911586610
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Agrippina written by Emma Southon and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They said she was a tyrant, a murderer and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way into the male spaces of politics and demanded to be recognised as an equal and a leader. For her audacity, she was murdered by her son and reviled by history. She was the sister, niece, wife and mother of emperors. She was an empress in her own right. And she was a nuanced, fearless trailblazer in the Roman world. The story of Agrippina – the first empress of Rome – is the story of an empire at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless height.

Roman Wives, Roman Widows

Author : Bruce W. Winter
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802849717
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Roman Wives, Roman Widows written by Bruce W. Winter and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the late Republic and early Empire, the new woman' made her appearance. This was a wife or widow of means who took part in life outside the walls of her house, including wider society, business and extra-marital affairs.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1631491253
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Book Synopsis SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by : Mary Beard

Download or read book SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome written by Mary Beard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus Reviews Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Gift Guide Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" (Atlantic). In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, SPQR will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.

Women in Roman Law and Society

Author : Jane F. Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134930267
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Women in Roman Law and Society written by Jane F. Gardner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. Dr Gardner describes the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives - in families, as daughters, wives and parents; as heiresses and testators; as owners and controllers of property; and as workers. She looks with particular attention at the ways in which the strict letter of the law came to be modified, softened, circumvented, and even changed, pointing out that the laws themselves tell us as much about the economic situation of women and the range of opportunities available to them outside the home.

Arguments with Silence

Author : Amy Richlin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472120131
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Arguments with Silence written by Amy Richlin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in ancient Rome challenge the historian. Widely represented in literature and art, they rarely speak for themselves. Amy Richlin, among the foremost pioneers in ancient studies, gives voice to these women through scholarship that scours sources from high art to gutter invective. In Arguments with Silence, Richlin presents a linked selection of her essays on Roman women’s history, originally published between 1981 and 2001 as the field of “women in antiquity” took shape, and here substantially rewritten and updated. The new introduction to the volume lays out the historical methodologies these essays developed, places this process in its own historical setting, and reviews work on Roman women since 2001, along with persistent silences. Individual chapter introductions locate each piece in the social context of Second Wave feminism in Classics and the academy, explaining why each mattered as an intervention then and still does now. Inhabiting these pages are the women whose lives were shaped by great art, dirty jokes, slavery, and the definition of adultery as a wife’s crime; Julia, Augustus’ daughter, who died, as her daughter would, exiled to a desert island; women wearing makeup, safeguarding babies with amulets, practicing their religion at home and in public ceremonies; the satirist Sulpicia, flaunting her sexuality; and the praefica, leading the lament for the dead. Amy Richlin is one of a small handful of modern thinkers in a position to consider these questions, and this guided journey with her brings surprise, delight, and entertainment, as well as a fresh look at important questions.

Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Author : Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052168711X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans written by Andrew M. Riggsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.