Hidden lives, public personae : women and civic life in the Roman West / Emily Hemelrijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemelrijk, Emily Ann, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Rome--History.

Women.

Women--Italy--History--To 1500.

Women--Rome--Roman provinces--History.

Sex role--Rome--History.

Sex role.

Cities and towns--Rome--History.

Cities and towns.

City and town life--Rome--History.

City and town life.

Rome--Social conditions.

Rome.

Italy--Social conditions.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (649 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study discusses women's participation in civic life in the cities of Italy and the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire from the late first century BC to the late third century AD (roughly the Roman Principate). Excluding empresses and other women of the imperial family, it focuses on the civic roles of non-imperial women in Italian and provincial towns on the basis of a corpus of approximately 1,400 inscriptions and, to a lesser extent, honorific portrait statues.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""A NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES AND PLATES""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""MAP""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: A World Full of Cities""; ""Public and Private in Roman Society""; ""Wealth and Social Standing""; ""Gender and Romanization""; ""Epigraphic Culture""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2: Civic Priesthoods""; ""Selecting the Evidence""; ""Civic Priestesses""; ""Priestesses of the Graeco-Roman Pantheon: Distribution, Titles, and Social Status""

""Priestesses of the Imperial Cult: Distribution, Titles, and Social Status""""Priestly Duties and Qualifications""; ""Motives, Honours, Rewards, and Costs""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3: Civic Benefactresses""; ""Selecting the Evidence""; ""Public Buildings""; ""Religious Structures""; ""Infrastructural Works""; ""Structures for Entertainment""; ""Utilitarian Buildings and Civic Amenities""; ""A Feminine Approach?""; ""A Family Enterprise""; ""Public Statues""; ""Banquets, Distributions, Games, and Theatrical Displays""; ""Miscellaneous Benefactions""; ""Unspecified Benefactions""

""Public Representation and the Language of Praise""""Female Munificence: A Byproduct of Romanization?""; ""Motives and Rewards""; ""Female Munificence: Significance and Meaning""; ""Chapter 4: Social Networks and Civic Associations""; ""From the Dead to the Living""; ""Domestic Associations""; ""Commemorative Practice""; ""Gifts and Honour: A Symbolic Exchange?""; ""Female Members and Officials of Collegia""; ""All-Female Collegia and Organizations""; ""Rome and the Order of Matrons""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5: Civic Patronage and 'Motherhood' of Cities and Associations""

""Patronesses of Cities and Collegia""""Family and Individual""; ""Honour and Expectations""; ""Motives and Meaning""; ""Mothers of Cities and Collegia""; ""Patronesses and Mothers: Differences and Similarities""; ""Chapter 6: Female Presence: Public Honour and Representation""; ""Public Honorific Statues""; ""Selecting the Evidence""; ""Distribution and Location""; ""Form and Meaning""; ""Motives and Social Standing""; ""Function and Significance""; ""Public Funerals""; ""Women's Dedicatory Practices""; ""Conclusions""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Appendix: Tables to Chapters 2-6""

""Chapter 2: Civic Priesthoods""""Chapter 3: Civic Benefactresses""; ""Chapter 4: Social Networks and Civic Associations""; ""Chapter 5: Civic Patronage and 'Motherhood' of Cities and Associations""; ""Chapter 6: Female Presence: Public Honour and Representation""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-046382-1

0-19-025190-5

0-19-025189-1