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"By its in-depth discussion of women's civic roles in the towns outside Rome, this study offers a compelling new vision of Roman women's integration into their communities and contributes to a more comprehensive view of civic life under the Roman Empire"-- "Roman cities have rarely been studied from the perspective of women, and studies of Roman women mainly focus on the city of Rome. Studying 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, this books offers a new view on Roman women and urban society in the Roman Principate. Drawing on epigraphy and archaeology, and to a lesser extent on legal and literary texts, 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. Assessing the meaning and significance of their contributions for themselves and their families and for the cities that enjoyed them, the book presents a new and detailed view of the role of women and gender in Roman urban life"--

Women --- Sex role --- Cities and towns --- City and town life --- Community life --- Roman provinces --- Femmes --- Rôle selon le sexe --- Villes --- Vie urbaine --- Communauté --- Provinces romaines --- History. --- History --- Social conditions. --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- Rome --- Social conditions --- Italy --- Social science --- Ancient --- Rome. --- Women's Studies. --- Rôle selon le sexe --- Communauté --- HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. --- Provinces --- Women - Rome - History --- Women - Italy - History - To 1500 --- Women - Rome - Roman provinces - History --- Sex role - Rome - History --- Cities and towns - Rome - History --- City and town life - Rome - History --- Community life - Rome - History --- Roman provinces - Social conditions --- Rome - Social conditions --- Italy - Social conditions

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By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the social lives, occupations, family belonging, mobility, ethnicity, religious affiliations, public honour and legal status of Roman women ranging from slaves and freedwomen to women of the elite and the imperial family, both in Rome and in Italian and provincial towns. They thus shed light on women who are largely overlooked by the literary sources. The wide range of inscriptions and graffiti included in this book show women participating not only in their families and households but also in the social and professional life of their cities. Moreover, they offer us a glimpse of women's own voices. Marital ideals and problems, love and hate, friendship, birth and bereavement, joy and hardship all figure in inscriptions, revealing some of the richness and variety of life in the ancient world.

Women --- Roman provinces --- Inscriptions, Latin --- History --- Social conditions. --- Rome --- Latin inscriptions --- Latin language --- Latin philology --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Inscriptions, Latin. --- Women. --- Social conditions --- 30 B.C.-284 A.D. --- Rome (Empire).

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Roman Cities, as conventionally studied, seem to be dominated by men. Yet as the contributions to this volume—which deals with the Roman cities of Italy and the western provinces in the late Republic and early Empire—show, women occupied a wide range of civic roles. Women had key roles to play in urban economies, and a few were prominent public figures, celebrated for their generosity and for their priestly eminence, and commemorated with public statues and grand inscriptions. Drawing on archaeology and epigraphy, on law and art as well as on ancient texts, this multidisciplinary study offers a new and more nuanced view of the gendering of civic life. It asks how far the experience of women of the smaller Italian and provincial cities resembled that of women in the capital, how women were represented in sculptural art as well as in inscriptions, and what kinds of power or influence they exercised in the societies of the Latin West.

Women --- Femmes --- Social conditions. --- Provinces --- Conditions sociales --- Rome --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Social conditions --- Social life and customs. --- Kobiety --- sytuacja społeczna. --- Rzym (państwo) --- sytuacja społeczna --- Rome -- History. --- Rome -- Social life and customs. --- Women -- Rome -- Social conditions. --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. --- Conditions sociales. --- Women - Rome - Social conditions --- Rome - Social life and customs --- Sytuacja społeczna. --- Sytuacja społeczna

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