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In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets - and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, wives and daughters of the politicians who built Rome's empire and, in a time of high mortality, could find themselves running households that did not contain adult men. This volume explores the political and social consequences of elite female wealth. It combines case studies of individual women, such as Licinia, wife of C. Gracchus, Mucia Tertia, Fulvia and Octavia Minor, with broader surveys of the institutional frameworks and social conventions that constrained and enabled women's wealth and its consequences. The book contributes to the recent upsurge of interest in re-evaluating the role of women in Republican Rome and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction Catherine Steel and Lewis Webb; Part I. Institutional Parameters: 1. Tutela mulierum in the Roman Republic Kit Morrell; 2. Women and the Census in the Roman Republic Cristina Rosillo-López; 3. Female Visibility and Regulations in Republican Rome Lewis Webb; 4. Licinnia's Dowry and Property Rights Harriet I. Flower; 5. Female Patrons during the Roman Republic Peter Keegan; Part II. Economic Power: 6. A Series of Unfortunate Events Revisited Bronwyn Hopwood; 7. Roman Matrons' Wealth between Politics and Clichés Francesca Rohr Vio and Alessandra Valentini; 8. Beyond Jewellery: Female Economic Roles in the Late Republic Giulia Vettori; 9. Sectrix proscriptionum: Women at the Proscriptions Carolyn Tobin; Part III. Prominent Women: 10. Contested Memories: Scipionic and Gracchan matronae J. Lea Beness and Tom Hillard; 11. Mucia Tertia: Resources of Matronage Christiane Kunst; 12. Octavia Minor: The Last Civil War Matron Christian Hjorth Bagger; Part IV. Women and Crisis: 13. There Will Be Blood: Fulvia and the Funeral of Clodius Carsten Hjort Lange; 14. The Gendered Physicality of Power in the Roman Republic Ash Finn; 15. Paideia and Politics: The Case of Octavia Minor Lien Van Geel; Part V. Coda: 16. Plus ça change? Women, Property and 'Western Civilization' Kathryn Welch and Carol Scott; Part VI. Afterword: 17. Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic Judith Peller Hallett; Bibliography; Index.
