Roman women : their history and habits /
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| Author / Creator: | Balsdon, J. P. V. D. (John Percy Vyvian Dacre), 1901-1977. |
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : John Day Co., 1963. |
| Description: | 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3392772 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. History. Early republican Rome
- Female emancipation
- Introduction to the empire
- The women of Augustus' court
- Messalina, Agrippina, and Poppaea
- From the Flavians to Constantine
- pt. 2. Habits. The wedding ceremony
- Children
- Happy marriages
- Unhappy marriages, and divorce
- Less reputable women
- Holy women, religious women and divine women
- Woman's daily life.