Roman women : their history and habits

Roman women : their history and habits / J.P.V.D. Balsdon.

In this highly acclaimed work, an in-depth study of the important women in ancient Rome is combined with a detailed examination of Roman women's daily life. Covering a period of more than one thousand years, this book traces the history and habits of Roman women from the founding of Rome in 753...

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Main Author: Balsdon, J. P. V. D. (John Percy Vyvian Dacre), 1901-1977
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Barnes & Noble, 1983, ©1962.
Edition:1st Barnes & Noble books ed.
Subjects:
Women > Rome.
Women > Political activity > Rome.
Women > Rome > Social life and customs > History.
Marriage > Rome > History.
Families > Rome.
Children > Rome > History.
Divorce > Rome > History.
Women and religion > Rome > History.
Prostitutes > Rome > History.
Women's clothing > Rome > History.
Weddings > Rome > History.
Concubinage > Rome > History.
Slaves > Rome > History.
Rape of the Sabine women (Legend)
Empresses > Rome > History.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Early Republican Rome :
  • Foundation of the city: the she-wolf and other women involved; The Rape of the Sabine women; Innocent women, lustful men, and a better government of follow; The mother of Coriolanus; Sacrifice and service; Moral decline in a post-war period; The Bacchanalian scandal; Noble women.
  • II. Female emancipation
  • III. Introduction to the Empire
  • IV. The women of Augustus' court.
  • V. Messalina, Agrippina and Poppaea:
  • The death (in A.D. 48) and life of the Empress Messalina; The death (in A.D. 59) and life of the Empress Agrippina; The daughters of Claudius and the womenfolk of Nero; Epilogue: The last of the Julian ladies.
  • VI. From the Flavians to Constantine:
  • The Flavians: women of the Court; The womenfolk of Trajan and Hadrian; The women of the Antonines; The achievement of Julia Domna and her sister; The mother of Constantine and the daughter of Diocletian.
  • VII. The wedding ceremony:
  • The choice of a husband; Betrothal; Forms of marriage; Fixing the day; The wedding; Dowry.
  • VIII. Children
  • IX. Happy marriages
  • X. Unhappy marriages, and divorce.
  • XI. Less reputable women:
  • Prostitutes
  • Courtesans
  • Slavewomen, freedwomen and concubines.
  • XII. Holy women, religious women and divine women
  • XIII. Women's daily life :
  • Dress; Coiffure; Make-up and jewels; Baths; Woman at home; woman abroad.
  • XIV. Epilogue :
  • The Julii and Claudii; The womenfolk of Trajan and Hadrian; The womenfolk of the Antonines; The womenfolk of Septimius Severus, Elagabalus; and Severus Alexander.

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