Roman Women

by Silvia Ronchey, Giusto Traina, Catherine Virlouvet, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226260941
• ISBN13: 9780226260945
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"