Book of Donmon Teith

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This collection of essays features important Roman women who were active in politics, theater, cultural life, and religion from the first through the fourth cen

In ancient Rome, the subtlest details in dress helped to distinguish between levels of social and moral hierarchy. Clothes were a key part of the sign systems o

How do we retrieve the lives of "real Roman women"? This book presents a range of examples to support the argument that our ideas of what we "know" about women'