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By contemporary standards, Roman women were not liberated; they could not vote or hold public office. Nonetheless, unlike their earlier Greek counterparts, they played an active role in public and private life. Roman women could own property, inherit estates, and run family businesses. They were largely responsible for the education of their children, both male and female, who sometimes rose to...

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Diana E. E. Kleiner

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.28-41

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Chapter subject tags:Women--Rome--HistoryWomen--Rome--Social conditionsFaustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175Portrait sculpture, RomanWomen--Portraits, RomanMural painting and decoration, RomanRome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Empresses--RomeWomen art patrons, Ancient--RomeArchitecture, RomanLivia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, approximately 58 B.C.-29 A.D.Octavia, Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, approximately 42-62

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