Matrona Docta
Subtitle: Educated Women in the Roman Elite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (Routledge Classical Monographs)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 4, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780415196932
Subjects: Education; Feminism; Social history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social Science; Sociology; Ancient World; Ancient - General; Women's Studies - General; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - Rome; Sociology - General; History; Intellectual life; Rome; Upper class women
First sentence: When studying educated women in Roman society one is struck by the scarcity of women of learning mentioned in our sources.