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. |
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... stuprum (sexual immorality). The daughter of P.Maenius, who was merely guilty of kissing her father's freedman, got off more lightly. Her father punished the freedman, as a warning to her to save herself for a husband.7 Augustus' lex ...
... stuprum or adultery or 'incest', in the narrower sense. The Pontifex Maximus was not a tutor either; Vestals were exempt from tutela. The Vestal lost her rights of intestate succession in her family of origin, as normally happened on ...
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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 | |