Women in Roman Law and SocietyThe legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. Dr Gardner describes the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives - in families, as daughters, wives and parents; as heiresses and testators; as owners and controllers of property; and as workers. She looks with particular attention at the ways in which the strict letter of the law came to be modified, softened, circumvented, and even changed, pointing out that the laws themselves tell us as much about the economic situation of women and the range of opportunities available to them outside the home. |
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... husband or guardian (tutor). Until the time of Augustus, the only exceptions were the six Vestal Virgins; after Augustus, freeborn women who had borne three children, or freedwomen who had borne four, and who were sui iuris ...
... husband or guardian (tutor). Until the time of Augustus, the only exceptions were the six Vestal Virgins; after Augustus, freeborn women who had borne three children, or freedwomen who had borne four, and who were sui iuris ...
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... husband's judgment. He took the advice of relatives, who acquitted her. In 154 B.C., when Publilia and Licinia, the wives of two consulars, were accused of poisoning their husbands, their relatives took matters into their own hands ...
... husband's judgment. He took the advice of relatives, who acquitted her. In 154 B.C., when Publilia and Licinia, the wives of two consulars, were accused of poisoning their husbands, their relatives took matters into their own hands ...
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... husband. She was regarded as being filiae loco, in the situation of a daughter, in relation to her husband. She had the same rights of intestate succession as her husband's children. His power over her, though, was more restricted than ...
... husband. She was regarded as being filiae loco, in the situation of a daughter, in relation to her husband. She had the same rights of intestate succession as her husband's children. His power over her, though, was more restricted than ...
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... husband, unless, as provided in the Twelve Tables, she stayed away for three nights, repeating the manoeuvre every ... husband's death, she would be unable to make a will without the consent of her tutor, probably a close relative of her ...
... husband, unless, as provided in the Twelve Tables, she stayed away for three nights, repeating the manoeuvre every ... husband's death, she would be unable to make a will without the consent of her tutor, probably a close relative of her ...
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... husband, she was in the tutorship of her agnates (unless her father had made a will and provided otherwise) and unable without their consent to make a will which might bequeath her property away from her family of origin (e.g., to her ...
... husband, she was in the tutorship of her agnates (unless her father had made a will and provided otherwise) and unable without their consent to make a will which might bequeath her property away from her family of origin (e.g., to her ...
Contents
Some Effects of Marriage | |
Divorce | |
Dowry | |
Sexual Offences | |
Children | |
Inheritance and Bequest | |
Slaves and Freedwomen | |
Women at Work | |
The Emancipation of Roman Women | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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adultery aedile agnates allowed apparently attested Augustan Augustus bequest betrothal Buckland century B.C. child Cicero citizen claim classical period coemptio concubine consent contract conubium Corbett daughter death divorce dowry edict Egypt emancipated emperor evidence father female FIRA free marriage freeborn freed freedman freedwoman Gaius girl Hadrian heirs on intestacy heredes household husband illegitimate children inheritance intestacy intestate succession iuris ius liberorum jurists Kaser later legacy legitimate lex Aelia Sentia lex Julia lex Voconia male man’s manumission manumitted manus marriage married mother offence owner Papia Papinian pater patron Paul peculium penalty persons Pliny possible potestas praetor praetorian probably prosecution prostitutes relationship remarry Republic rescript Roman Egypt Roman law Roman women Rome rules says sctum senatusconsultum Severus slave social specified status stuprum sui iuris testamentary Treggiari tutela tutor legitimus Twelve Tables Ulpian Vestal Watson widow wife wife’s wives woman