Female networks and the public sphere in Roman society
By: edited by Päivi Setälä and Liisa Savunen.
Contributors: Setälä, Päivi, 1943-; Savunen, Liisa.
Series: Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae,; vol. 22; Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae ;; v. 22.
Publisher: Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Women -- Rome -- History.; Sex customs -- Rome -- History.; Rome -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Economic opportunities for women in the Roman Empire / Päivi Setälä; title: The erotics of rape: Livy, Ovid and the Sabine women / Mary Beard; title: Women in business life: some evidence from Puteoli / Jane F. Gardner; title: Juno Regina and the Roman matrons / Marja-Leena Hänninen; title: The dream of Caecilia Metella: aspects of inspiration and authority in late Republican Roman religion  Marja-Leena Hänninen; title: Legendary women and female groups in Livy / Katariina Mustakallio; title: Common tombs for women in Etruria: buried matriarchies? / Marjatta Nielsen.