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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... iuris ('independent', in the sense of being subject to the control neither of a father nor of a husband), were able ... iuris (subject to another's control) and became sui iuris (independent). Each adult son became a paterfamilias; no ...
... iuris ('independent', in the sense of being subject to the control neither of a father nor of a husband), were able ... iuris (subject to another's control) and became sui iuris (independent). Each adult son became a paterfamilias; no ...
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... iuris. The powers of the pater were extensive, 3 and they lasted over his sons and their children as long as he lived, and over his daughters likewise, unless they previously had passed into the manus of a husband. Some of these powers ...
... iuris. The powers of the pater were extensive, 3 and they lasted over his sons and their children as long as he lived, and over his daughters likewise, unless they previously had passed into the manus of a husband. Some of these powers ...
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... iuris. In form, it was a legislative act, carried out by thirty magisterial lictors, representing the curiate assembly of the Roman people and summoned by the Pontifex Maximus. The formula used is preserved by Gellius. It was accepted ...
... iuris. In form, it was a legislative act, carried out by thirty magisterial lictors, representing the curiate assembly of the Roman people and summoned by the Pontifex Maximus. The formula used is preserved by Gellius. It was accepted ...
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... iuris, or the provision of labour and services. In other words, the situation of the dependent daughter or female slave operating a business and needing a peculium would be much less common than that of the son or male slave. A married ...
... iuris, or the provision of labour and services. In other words, the situation of the dependent daughter or female slave operating a business and needing a peculium would be much less common than that of the son or male slave. A married ...
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... iuris at his death, but whereas the adult son now became fully capable of independent legal action, including the right of testamentary disposition, and acquired the powers of a paterfamilias, a woman had no familia, or, rather, 'she is ...
... iuris at his death, but whereas the adult son now became fully capable of independent legal action, including the right of testamentary disposition, and acquired the powers of a paterfamilias, a woman had no familia, or, rather, 'she is ...
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