Representations of Roman Women in Literature

Kleiner, Diana E. E.; Matheson, Susan B.

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Description: I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome

Roman male pronouncements about females are marked by an all too familiar mixture of bluster, prejudice, and inconsistency. Of course, Romans did...

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Gordon Williams

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.126-138

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31699

Chapter subject tags:Women--Rome--HistoryWomen--Rome--Social conditionsPlautus, Titus MacciusLiterature, AncientLatin literatureRome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Women and gender, Ancient--RomeJuvenalAdultery (Roman law)Livy

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