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The Role of Women

The Role of Women . By Lydia Pokluda. How were girls and women named?. Identified by feminine (grammatical gender) of family name Numerical adjectives distinguished sisters Nomenclature Did not have praenomen Some families added cognomen. Roman Girls Treated differently than Boys.

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The Role of Women

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  1. The Role of Women By Lydia Pokluda

  2. How were girls and women named? • Identified by feminine (grammatical gender) of family name • Numerical adjectives distinguished sisters • Nomenclature • Did not have praenomen • Some families added cognomen

  3. Roman Girls Treated differently than Boys • Homeschooled • Learned different skills than boys • Played with rags and dolls • Some played board and ball games LudusCalcorum

  4. A Girl’s Education • Homeschooled • Learned skills boys didn’t • Learned to run a household • Learned to cook • Learned to be a wife

  5. Marriage • Similar to our traditions today • Engagement ring • By 14, father chose groom • June was a special month • Religious ceremony followed by a feast • Transferred authority and all of woman’s property to the “paterfamilias” • Divorce was legal

  6. Rights of a Woman in the Household • Center of household • Taught daughters to cook and sew • Took care of home and family • Could not suggest to husband

  7. Attire of Wealthy Women • Stola -two rectangular segments of cloth joined by fibulae and buttons -Wore the palla over • Ornate necklaces, armlets, anklets, breast chains, brooches, jeweled buttons, parasols

  8. Jobs of Roman Women • Promote family and husband’s interests • Could manage own business • Lower classes: carpenters, dyers, sewers, or embroiderers • One woman painter • Influenced politics, could not serve

  9. The Ideal Roman Woman • Virtuous daughter • Brave wife • Devoted mother • Upper class women became patrons of their home cities

  10. Attitude towards Powerful Women • Could not be in army • Could not be hold political office • Were allowed to enter business • Lent money to peers to avoid moneylenders

  11. Famous Roman Women • Cloelia helped guards and Roman girls to safety • Lucretia’s rape caused the revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic • Julia Agrippina “Agrippina the Younger” had a double canine in her upper right jaw-good fortune

  12. Bibliography • http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/women.html • http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html • http://www.crystalinks.com/romewomen.html • http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/Romans/Wright/clothing.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Ancient_Rome • http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/marrcustwom.html • http://www.the-romans.co.uk/women.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloelia • http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_jobs.htm • http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/gold_breast_chain.aspx

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