Women In Ancient Rome A Sourcebook
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781441177490
Description: This sourcebook includes a selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Etruscan period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others.