Hidden Lives, Public Personae - Emily A. Hemelrijk

Women and Civic Life in the Roman West

KORTE INHOUD

This book studies the civic participation of women in the towns of Italy outside Rome and in the numerous cities of the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire. It offers a view on Roman women and urban society in the Roman Principate. Women's civic roles as priestesses, benefactresses and patronesses or 'mothers' of cities and associations (collegia and the Augustales) are brought to the fore. In contrast to the city of Rome, which was dominated by the imperial family, wealthy women in the local Italian and provincial towns had ample opportunity to leave their mark on the city. Their motives to spend their money, time and energy for the benefit of their cities and the rewards their contributions earned them take centre stage.

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2015Uitgever: Oxford University Press610 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0190251883ISBN-13: 9780190251888