Fathers and Daughters in Roman Society : : Women and the Elite Family / / Judith P. Hallett.

Judith Hallett illuminates a paradox of elite Roman society of the classical period: its members extolled female domesticity and imposed numerous formal constraints on women's public activity, but many women in Rome's leading families wielded substantial political and social influence.Orig...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1984
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 682
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Physical Description:1 online resource (444 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface And Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • I. The Paradox Of Elite Roman Women: Patriarchal Society and Female Formidability
  • II. Women of Elite Families and Roman Society
  • III. Filiae Familiae
  • IV. Sorores Familiae
  • V. Matres Familiae
  • VI. Some Cultural Perspectives on Ancient Roman Filiafocality
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Appendix: Genealogical Tables
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Historical and Legendary Persons
  • Index of Subjects